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temper

[ tem-per ]

noun

  1. a particular state of mind or feelings.

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  2. habit of mind, especially with respect to irritability or patience, outbursts of anger, or the like; disposition:

    an even temper.

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  3. heat of mind or passion, shown in outbursts of anger, resentment, etc.

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  4. calm disposition or state of mind:

    to be out of temper.

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  5. a substance added to something to modify its properties or qualities.
  6. Metallurgy.
    1. the degree of hardness and strength imparted to a metal, as by quenching, heat treatment, or cold working.
    2. the percentage of carbon in tool steel.
    3. the operation of tempering.
  7. Archaic. a middle course; compromise.
  8. Obsolete. the constitution or character of a substance.


verb (used with object)

  1. to moderate or mitigate:

    to temper justice with mercy.

  2. to soften or tone down.
  3. to bring to a proper, suitable, or desirable state by or as by blending or admixture.
  4. to moisten, mix, and work up into proper consistency, as clay or mortar.
  5. Metallurgy. to impart strength or toughness to (steel or cast iron) by heating and cooling.
  6. to produce internal stresses in (glass) by sudden cooling from low red heat; toughen.
  7. to tune (a keyboard instrument, as a piano, organ, or harpsichord) so as to make the tones available in different keys or tonalities.
  8. to modify (color) by mixing with a medium.
  9. Archaic. to combine or blend in due proportions.
  10. Archaic. to pacify.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be or become tempered.

temper

/ 藞迟蓻尘辫蓹 /

noun

  1. a frame of mind; mood or humour

    a good temper

  2. a sudden outburst of anger; tantrum
  3. a tendency to exhibit uncontrolled anger; irritability
  4. a mental condition of moderation and calm (esp in the phrases keep one's temper, lose one's temper, out of temper )
  5. the degree of hardness, elasticity, or a similar property of a metal or metal object
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

    he tempered his criticism with kindly sympathy

  2. to strengthen or toughen (a metal or metal article) by heat treatment, as by heating and quenching
  3. music
    1. to adjust the frequency differences between the notes of a scale on (a keyboard instrument) in order to allow modulation into other keys
    2. to make such an adjustment to the pitches of notes in (a scale)
  4. a rare word for adapt
  5. an archaic word for mix
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢迟别尘辫别谤补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
  • 藞迟别尘辫别谤别谤, noun
  • 藞迟别尘辫别谤补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟别尘顎僷别谤路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 迟别尘顎卲别谤路补路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 迟别尘顎僷别谤路别谤 noun
  • non路迟别尘顎僷别谤路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 谤别路迟别尘顎僷别谤 verb (used with object)
  • un路迟别尘顎僷别谤路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍路迟别尘顎僷别谤路颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of temper1

before 1000; (v.) Middle English tempren, Old English temprian < Latin 迟别尘辫别谤腻谤别 to divide or proportion duly, temper; (noun) Middle English: proportion, derivative of the v.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of temper1

Old English temprian to mingle, (influenced by Old French temprer ), from Latin 迟别尘辫别谤腻谤别 to mix, probably from tempus time
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Idioms and Phrases

see hold one's temper ; lose one's temper .
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Example Sentences

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And Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack in 2013 at age 51, was the show鈥檚 tempestuous soul, playing a loutish killer with a quick temper and sad eyes.

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But it鈥檚 not only pay that tempers enthusiasm for primary care.

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It鈥檚 not easy to make a musical about a crook with a volatile temper, an unslakable thirst for booze and a record of fumbled heists.

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And it's true that their dramatic reaction has had some success in tempering some of his worst impulses.

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Henry, who has psychokinetic powers and an unpredictable temper, apparently blinded a neighbor kid in a fit of pique, forcing the Creels to skedaddle to Indiana.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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