TEMPER

Definition:

1. [noun] a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"
   Synonyms: pique, irritation
   
   
2. [noun] a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
   Synonyms: mood, humor, humour
   
   
3. [noun] a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
   Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
   
   
4. [noun] the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
   Synonyms: toughness
   
   
5. [verb] toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
   Synonyms: anneal, normalize
   
   
6. [verb] harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
   Synonyms: harden
   
   
7. [verb] adjust the pitch (of pianos)
   
   
8. [verb] make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
   Synonyms: season, mollify
   
   
9. [verb] restrain or temper
   Synonyms: chasten, moderate
   
   

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Related Words:

• sulk, sulkiness
• good humor, good humour, good temper, amiability
• ill humor, ill humour, distemper
• querulousness

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