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- pronunciation:
- tem
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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 |
adjective + (n.)temper
bad,
erratic,
explosive,
famous,
ferocious,
fierce,
fiery,
foul,
fraying,
frequent,
hair-trigger,
hot,
ill,
infamous,
mercurial,
mild,
murderous,
nasty,
notorious,
occasional,
prone,
quick,
short,
sudden,
terrible,
true,
uncontrollable,
vicious,
violent,
volatile,
volcanic
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verb + (n.)temper
control, cool, curb, display, ignite, inherit, lose, rein, tame, throw
(n.)temper
+ verb
boil, calm, erupt, explode, flare, flash, fray, match, provoke, rise, scare, shorten, slam, snap
noun + (n.)temper
burst, display, drinking, fault, fit, flash, frame, gesture, grip, honey, nerve, outburst, privilege, tongue
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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 |
adverb + (v.)temper
quick, short
(v.)temper
+ adverb
bit, merely, slightly, somewhat
(v.)temper
+ noun
affection,
anxiety,
awareness,
caution,
comment,
commitment,
compassion,
concern,
conclusion,
consideration,
conviction,
criticism,
demand,
desire,
emotion,
enthusiasm,
excitement,
expectation,
fear,
feeling,
frustration,
glass,
humility,
humor,
imperative,
iron,
judgment,
justice,
knowledge,
lab,
mercy,
mood,
notion,
passion,
practicality,
praise,
rage,
realism,
reality,
realization,
recognition,
remark,
respect,
sadness,
sense,
shock,
steel,
sweetness,
sword,
tantrum,
tendency,
tolerance,
tone,
touch,
wisdom,
worry,
zeal
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| derivations: |
temperable (adj.), temperability (n.), temperer (n.) |
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