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(verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" |
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Synonyms: season |
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Related Words: weaken |
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| 2. |
(verb) adjust the pitch (of pianos) |
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Related Words: adjust, set |
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(verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" |
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Synonyms: harden |
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Related Words: modify |
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(noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" |
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Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness |
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Related Words: ill nature, querulousness |
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(noun) the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking |
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Synonyms: toughness |
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Related Words: elasticity |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: humor, humour, mood |
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Related Words: amiability, feeling, good humor, good humour, good temper, ill humor, ill humour, sulk, sulkiness |
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(verb) anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" |
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Synonyms: anneal |
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Related Words: toughen |
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(noun) a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" |
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Synonyms: irritation, pique |
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Related Words: annoyance, chafe, vexation |
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(verb) restrain or temper |
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Synonyms: chasten, moderate |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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