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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a habitual state of mind or manner of feeling.
Optimism was the prevailing temper of that decade.She's always had a sunny temper.- synonyms:
- disposition, spirit
- similar words:
- attitude, opinion, pulse, state
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| definition 2: |
a state of mind or emotion at a specific time, esp. regarding contentment or irritability; mood.
Don't ask him for any favor right now; he's in a very bad temper.- synonyms:
- humor, mood, spirits
- similar words:
- attitude, blood, feeling, state
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| definition 3: |
a mood of anger, rage, resentment, or the like.
In a fit of temper, he stomped out the door.- synonyms:
- anger, pique, rage, snit
- similar words:
- fit, irritability, passion, spleen, tantrum
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| definition 4: |
a tendency to be easily irritated or angered.
Just let him explain, and please try to control your temper!We always tried not to upset our father because he had a very bad temper.- synonyms:
- short fuse, temperament
- similar words:
- excitability
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| definition 5: |
calmness or patience; composure.
She'd been waiting very patiently, but finally she lost her temper.- synonyms:
- composure, equanimity, equilibrium, poise, self-possession
- similar words:
- calm, patience, serenity, stability
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| definition 6: |
the strength, hardness, or toughness of a metal, esp. steel, that results from tempering, as from heating and then cooling.
- similar words:
- toughness
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| definition 7: |
an ingredient added to something to alter or modify its characteristics.
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| related words: |
alloy, ambiance, anger, ire, miff, mood, morale |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
tempers, tempering, tempered |
| definition 1: |
to adjust, moderate, or mitigate.
The sergeant tempered harshness with occasional humor.- synonyms:
- mitigate, moderate, tone down
- antonyms:
- intensify
- similar words:
- allay, alloy, blunt, cool, cushion, modify, mollify, mute, qualify, smooth, soft-pedal, soften
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| definition 2: |
to strengthen or harden (steel, cast iron, or the like), as by heating and then cooling.
- similar words:
- season, toughen
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| definition 3: |
to bring to a specified or desirable state by mixing in another substance, as by mixing clay with water.
- similar words:
- condition, season
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| related words: |
abate, buff, buffer, lighten, qualify, restrain, still, subdue |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to be or become tempered.
- synonyms:
- season
- similar words:
- adapt, cool, mature, mellow, mitigate, moderate, ripen
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| related words: |
relent, season |
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| derivations: |
temperable (adj.), temperability (n.), temperer (n.) |
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