temper
1. a sudden outburst of anger (Freq. 3)
- his temper sparked like damp firewood
• Syn:
pique, irritation
• Derivationally related forms:
irritate (for: irritation), pique (for: pique)
• Hypernyms:
annoyance, chafe, vexation
2. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger (Freq. 2)
- his temper was well known to all his employees
• Syn:
biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
• Derivationally related forms:
surly (for: surliness), snappish (for: snappishness), pettish (for: pettishness), irritable (for: irritability)
• Hypernyms:
ill nature
• Hyponyms:
querulousness
3. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling (Freq. 2)
- whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
- he was in a bad humor
• Syn:
mood, humor, humour
• Derivationally related forms:
humour (for: humour), humor (for: humor), moody (for: mood)
• Hypernyms:
feeling
• Hyponyms:
peeve, sulk, sulkiness, good humor, good humour,
good temper, amiability, ill humor, ill humour, distemper
4. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object;
its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
• Syn:
toughness
• Hypernyms:
elasticity, snap
1. bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
- temper glass
• Syn:
anneal, normalize
• Derivationally related forms:
tempering, temperance
• Hypernyms:
harden, indurate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. restrain
• Syn:
chasten, moderate
• Derivationally related forms:
moderator (for: moderate)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else;
moderate
- she tempered her criticism
• Syn:
season, mollify
• Derivationally related forms:
mollification (for: mollify)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- temper steel
• Syn:
harden
• Derivationally related forms:
tempering, temperance
• Hypernyms:
modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. adjust the pitch (of pianos)
• Hypernyms:
adjust, set, correct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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