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Temper   /tˈɛmpər/   Listen
Temper

noun
1.
A sudden outburst of anger.  Synonyms: irritation, pique.
2.
A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling.  Synonyms: humor, humour, mood.  "He was in a bad humor"
3.
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.  Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness.
4.
The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking.  Synonym: toughness.
verb
(past & past part. tempered; pres. part. tempering)
1.
Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling.  Synonyms: anneal, normalize.
2.
Harden by reheating and cooling in oil.  Synonym: harden.
3.
Adjust the pitch (of pianos).
4.
Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate.  Synonyms: mollify, season.
5.
Restrain.  Synonyms: chasten, moderate.



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"Temper" Quotes from Famous Books



... hand was identical in its essential features with this primitive design; but it was shorter, narrower, and thinner. What was still more extraordinary about it was that, while it seemed to be made of brass, it had the bright glitter of gold and the temper and the elasticity of steel. Being tested by bending, it instantly sprung straight again; and notwithstanding the vigorous use that Pablo had been making of it on the bones of several Indians, the thin edges of the projecting ...
— The Aztec Treasure-House • Thomas Allibone Janvier
... dries her eyes from time to time with a corner of her apron.] I never had nothin' against you in the world. I always liked to work for you. But you went an' got so rough like, you know, that a person's temper couldn't hardly help gettin' away with 'em. Lord, a person is sorry for that kind o' ...
— The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann - Volume I • Gerhart Hauptmann
... you, gentlemen, to repair some other hour, I should derive much from't; for, take't of my soul, my lord leans wondrously to discontent. His comfortable temper has forsook him; he's much out of health, ...
— The Life of Timon of Athens • William Shakespeare [Craig edition]
... Washington knew the temper of the Southerners. He was well aware that slaves could not be entrusted with arms within sight of the enemy's camp, and within hearing of his proclamation of freedom to all who would join his Majesty's standard, unless ...
— The Black Phalanx - African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the - War of 1812, and the Civil War • Joseph T. Wilson
... in riddles, lads," exclaimed the captain, testily, his temper still suffering from the unaccustomed restraint he had put ...
— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely


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