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NOUN | 1 | temper, pique, irritation | A sudden outburst of anger |
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2 | temper, mood, humor, humour | A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | |
3 | temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness | A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger | |
4 | temper, toughness | The elasticity and hardness of a metal object | |
VERB | 1 | temper, anneal, normalize | Toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling |
2 | temper, harden | Harden by reheating and cooling in oil | |
3 | temper | Adjust the pitch (of pianos) | |
4 | temper, season, mollify | Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | |
5 | temper, chasten, moderate | Restrain or temper |
Sounds | teh'mper |
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Rhymes | asper, bagpiper, beekeeper, and 132 more rhymes in per at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A sudden outburst of anger. |
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Examples | "his temper sparked like damp firewood" |
Synonyms | pique, irritation |
Broader | annoyance, chafe, vexation |
Verbs | temper |
Meaning | A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. |
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Examples | "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time" |
Synonyms | mood, humor, humour |
Narrower | sulk, sulkiness; good humor, good humour, good temper, amiability; ill humor, ill humour, distemper |
Broader | feeling |
Meaning | A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger. |
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Examples | "his temper was well known to all his employees" |
Synonyms | biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness |
Narrower | querulousness |
Broader | ill nature |
Verbs | temper |
Meaning | The elasticity and hardness of a metal object. Its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking. |
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Synonyms | toughness |
Broader | elasticity, snap |
Verbs | temper; temper |
Meaning | Toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "temper glass" |
Synonyms | anneal, normalize |
Broader | toughen |
Nouns | temper; temperance; tempering |
Meaning | Harden by reheating and cooling in oil. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "temper steel" |
Synonyms | harden |
Broader | modify |
Nouns | temper; temperance; tempering |
Meaning | Adjust the pitch (of pianos). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | adjust, set, correct |
Meaning | Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else. Moderate. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "she tempered her criticism" |
Synonyms | season, mollify |
Broader | weaken |
Meaning | Restrain or temper. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | chasten, moderate |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Nouns | temper; temper |