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intemperate

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in·tem·per·ate  (n-tmpr-t, -prt)
adj.
Not temperate or moderate; excessive, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages.
in·temper·ate·ly adv.
in·temper·ate·ness n.
intemperate
Adjective
1. unrestrained or uncontrolled: intemperate remarks
2. drinking alcohol too much or too often
3. extreme or severe: an intemperate climate
intemperance n
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Adj.1.intemperate - (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"
inclement - (of weather or climate) severe
temperate - (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants"
2.intemperate - excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"
intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
immoderate - beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
temperate - not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
3.intemperate - given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"
hard, heavy
indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"
intemperate
adjective excessive, extreme, over the top (slang) wild, violent, severe, passionate, extravagant, uncontrollable, self-indulgent, unbridled, prodigal, unrestrained, tempestuous, profligate, inordinate, incontinent, ungovernable, immoderate, O.T.T. (slang) << OPPOSITE temperate
Translations

intemperate [ɪnˈtɛmpərət] adj → inmoderado
intemperate [ɪnˈtɛmpərət] adj → immodéré(e) (= drinking too much); adonné(e) à la boisson
intemperate [ɪnˈtɛmpərət] adj → unmäßig;
(remark) → überzogen
intemperate [ɪnˈtɛmpərət] adj → immoderato/a (= drinking too much); intemperante nel bere
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for he who is intemperate [1260a] and a coward will never do what he ought: it is evident then that both parties ought to be virtuous; but there is a difference between them, as there is between those who by nature command and who by nature obey, and this originates in the soul; for in this nature has planted the governing and submitting principle, the virtues of which we say are different, as are those of a rational and an irrational being.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
To prevent therefore, for the future, such intemperate abuses of leisure, of letters, and of the liberty of the press, especially as the world seems at present to be more than usually threatened with them, I shall here venture to mention some qualifications, every one of which are in a pretty high degree necessary to this order of historians.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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