'Temper' definitions:
Definition of 'temper'
From: WordNet
noun
A sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" [syn: pique, temper, irritation]
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" [syn: temper, mood, humor, humour]
noun
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]
noun
The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking [syn: temper, toughness]
verb
Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" [syn: anneal, temper, normalize]
verb
Harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" [syn: temper, harden]
verb
Adjust the pitch (of pianos)
verb
Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" [syn: temper, season, mollify]
verb
Definition of 'Temper'
From: GCIDE
- Temper \Tem"per\, n.
- 1. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy. [1913 Webster]
- The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily temper increased the exquisiteness of his torment. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper. [1913 Webster]
- Remember with what mild And gracious temper he both heared and judged. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The consequents of a certain ethical temper. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper. [1913 Webster]
- To fall with dignity, with temper rise. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 6. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Middle state or course; mean; medium. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general principles, and the mere man of business, who can see nothing but particular circumstances. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Sugar Works) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar. [1913 Webster]
- Temper screw, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See Disposition. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Temper'
From: GCIDE
- Temper \Tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tempered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tempering.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. temp['e]rer, and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time. Cf. Temporal, Distemper, Tamper.]
- 1. To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm. [1913 Webster]
- Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
- Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you. --Otway. [1913 Webster]
- But thy fire Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate. [1913 Webster]
- Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking. --Wisdom xvi. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel. [1913 Webster]
- The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- With which the damned ghosts he governeth, And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Temper'
From: GCIDE
- Temper \Tem"per\, v. i.
- 1. To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable. [1913 Webster]
- I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'temper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- alter,
- anger,
- animus,
- anneal,
- appease,
- aptitude,
- assuage,
- atmosphere,
- attain majority,
- attemper,
- attribute,
- aura,
- bad temper,
- balance,
- bank the fire,
- be tough,
- beef up,
- bent,
- besprinkle,
- bias,
- bloom,
- blunt,
- body-build,
- box in,
- brace,
- brace up,
- brand,
- breathe,
- brew,
- buttress,
- calcify,
- callous,
- calmness,
- case harden,
- cast,
- character,
- characteristic,
- characteristics,
- chasten,
- chisel temper,
- churlishness,
- circumscribe,
- climate,
- color,
- come of age,
- come to maturity,
- complexion,
- composition,
- composure,
- condition,
- confirm,
- conniption,
- constituents,
- constitution,
- constrain,
- control,
- cool,
- coolness,
- cornify,
- crasis,
- cue,
- curb,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dander,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- decoct,
- develop,
- dharma,
- diathesis,
- die temper,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disposition,
- downplay,
- dredge,
- drift,
- dull,
- dye,
- ease,
- eccentricity,
- endure,
- entincture,
- equanimity,
- ethos,
- extenuate,
- fiber,
- fierce temper,
- fiery temper,
- firm,
- firmness,
- fit,
- flavor,
- fledge,
- flower,
- fortify,
- fossilize,
- frame,
- frame of mind,
- fury,
- genius,
- gird,
- grain,
- grow,
- grow up,
- habit,
- hang tough,
- harden,
- hardness,
- hardness scale,
- heart,
- heat treating,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- hot blood,
- hot temper,
- hotheadedness,
- hue,
- huffishness,
- humor,
- humors,
- idiosyncrasy,
- ilk,
- ill humor,
- ill temper,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impregnate,
- inclination,
- indenter,
- individualism,
- individuality,
- indurate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- instill,
- invigorate,
- irascibility,
- ire,
- Irish,
- irritability,
- irritable temper,
- keep within bounds,
- kidney,
- kind,
- lapidify,
- lay,
- leaning,
- leave the nest,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limit,
- lithify,
- make,
- makeup,
- mature,
- mellow,
- mental set,
- mettle,
- mind,
- mind-set,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mold,
- mollify,
- mood,
- morale,
- narrow,
- nature,
- nerve,
- note,
- obtund,
- orientation,
- ossify,
- outburst,
- outlook,
- pacify,
- paddy,
- palliate,
- passion,
- peculiarity,
- peevishness,
- penetrate,
- permeate,
- personality,
- pervade,
- petrify,
- petulance,
- physique,
- play down,
- posture,
- precipitation hardening,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- preference,
- proclivity,
- prop,
- propensity,
- property,
- qualify,
- quality,
- rage,
- razor temper,
- reach manhood,
- reach twenty-one,
- reach voting age,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refresh,
- regulate by,
- reinforce,
- reinvigorate,
- relax,
- restrain,
- restrengthen,
- restrict,
- ripen,
- sang-froid,
- saturate,
- saw file temper,
- season,
- self-control,
- self-possession,
- set,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- set temper,
- settle down,
- shore up,
- short temper,
- slacken,
- slant,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- solidity,
- somatotype,
- soothe,
- sort,
- soundness,
- spindle temper,
- spirit,
- spirits,
- spunkiness,
- stability,
- stamp,
- state,
- state of mind,
- staunchness,
- steel,
- steep,
- stiffen,
- stifle,
- stoutness,
- strain,
- streak,
- strengthen,
- stripe,
- sturdiness,
- style,
- subdue,
- suchness,
- suffuse,
- support,
- suppress,
- surliness,
- sustain,
- system,
- tame,
- tantrum,
- temper tantrum,
- temperament,
- tempering,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- timbre,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- toga virilis,
- tone,
- tone down,
- tool temper,
- toughen,
- transfuse,
- trend,
- tune down,
- turn,
- turn of mind,
- twist,
- type,
- undergird,
- underplay,
- vein,
- vitrify,
- volatility,
- warm temper,
- warp,
- wax,
- way,
- weaken
Words containing 'Temper'
- Temperable,
- Temperance,
- Temperancy,
- Temperate,
- Temperately,
- Temperateness,
- Temperative,
- Tempered,
- Temperer,
- Tempering,
- Ill temper,
- Temper screw,
- Temperance society,
- Temperance, MI,
- Temperate zone,
- Tempered glass,
- Tempering color,
- bad temper,
- even tempered,
- good temper,
- quick temper,
- short temper,
- temper tantrum,
- temperate bacteriophage,
- Good-tempered,
- Ill-tempered,
- bad-tempered,
- cold-temperate,
- even-tempered,
- hot-tempered,
- lose one's temper,
- north temperate zone,
- quick-tempered,
- short-tempered,
- south temperate zone,
- temperate rain forest,
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
- Women's Christian Temperance Union,
- equable even-tempered good-tempered placid,
- choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered,
- shirty snorty ill-tempered or annoyed,
- crabbed crabby cross fussy fussbudgety grouchy grumpy bad-tempered ill-tempered