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tem·per  (tmpr)

v. tem·pered, tem·per·ing, tem·pers

v.tr.

1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate: "temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom" Robert H. Jackson. See Synonyms at moderate.

2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by or as if by blending, admixing, or kneading: temper clay; paints that had been tempered with oil.

3. To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.

4. To strengthen through experience or hardship; toughen: soldiers who had been tempered by combat.

5. To adjust finely; attune: a portfolio that is tempered to the investor's needs.

6. Music To adjust (the pitch of an instrument) to a temperament.

v.intr.

To be or become tempered.

n.

1. A state of mind or emotions; disposition: an even temper. See Synonyms at mood¹.

2. Calmness of mind or emotions; composure: lose one's temper.

3.

a. A tendency to become easily angry or irritable: a quick temper.

b. An outburst of rage: a fit of temper.

4. A characteristic general quality; tone: heroes who exemplified the medieval temper; the politicized temper of the 1930s.

5.

a. The condition of being tempered.

b. The degree of hardness and elasticity of a metal, chiefly steel, achieved by tempering.

6. A modifying substance or agent added to something else.

7. Archaic A middle course between extremes; a mean.

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[Middle English temperen, from Old English temprian, from Latin temperre, probably from variant of tempus, tempor-, time, season.]

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temper·a·bili·ty n.

temper·a·ble adj.

temper·er n.

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temper

Noun

1. a sudden outburst of anger: she stormed out in a temper

2. a tendency to have sudden outbursts of anger: you've got a temper all right

3. a mental condition of moderation and calm: he lost his temper

4. a person's frame of mind: he was in a bad temper

Verb

1. to modify so as to make less extreme or more acceptable: past militancy has been tempered with compassion and caring

2. to reduce the brittleness of (a hardened metal) by reheating it and allowing it to cool

3. Music to adjust the frequency differences between the notes of a scale on (a keyboard instrument) [Latin temperare to mix]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	temper - a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" irritation, pique vexation, annoyance, chafe - anger produced by some annoying irritation
	2.	temper - 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" humour, mood, humor feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" peeve - an annoyed or irritated mood sulk, sulkiness - a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk" amiability, good humor, good humour, good temper - a cheerful and agreeable mood ill humor, ill humour, distemper - an angry and disagreeable mood
	3.	temper - a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" pettishness, snappishness, surliness, biliousness, peevishness, irritability ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition querulousness - the quality of being given to complaining
	4.	temper - the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking toughness elasticity, snap - the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap"
Verb	1.	temper - bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" anneal, normalize harden, indurate - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"
	2.	temper - harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" harden modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
	3.	temper - adjust the pitch (of pianos) adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
	4.	temper - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" mollify, season weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
	5.	temper - restrain chasten, moderate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

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temper

noun 1. irritability, anger, irascibility, passion, resentment, irritation, annoyance, petulance, surliness, ill humour, peevishness, hot-headedness << OPPOSITE good humour

noun 2. frame of mind, character, nature, attitude, mind, mood, constitution, humour, vein, temperament, tenor, disposition

noun 3. rage, fury, bad mood, passion, paddy Brit. (informal) wax (informal), chiefly Brit. tantrum, bate Brit. (slang) fit of pique, foulie Austral. (slang) hissy fit (informal)

noun 4. self-control, composure, cool (slang) calm, good humour, tranquillity, coolness, calmness, equanimity << OPPOSITE anger

verb 5. moderate, restrain, tone down, calm, soften, soothe, lessen, allay, mitigate, abate, assuage, mollify, soft-pedal (informal) palliate, admix << OPPOSITE intensify

verb 6. strengthen, harden, toughen, anneal << OPPOSITE soften

Translations

temper [ˈtɛmpəʳ] n (= mood) → humor m (= bad temper); (mal) genio (= fit of anger); ira;

(of child) → rabieta

vt (= moderate) → moderar;

to be in a temper → estar furioso;

to lose one's temper → enfadarse, enojarse (LAM);

to keep one's temper → contenerse, no alterarse

temper [ˈtɛmpəʳ] n (= nature) → caractère m (= mood); humeur f (= fit of anger); colère f

vt (= moderate) → tempérer, adoucir;

to be in a temper → être en colère;

to lose one's temper → se mettre en colère;

to keep one's temper → rester calme

temper [ˈtɛmpəʳ] n (nature) → Naturell nt;

(mood) → Laune f

vt (= moderate) → mildern;

a (fit of) temper → ein Wutanfall m;

to be in a temper → gereizt sein;

to lose one's temper → die Beherrschung verlieren

temper [ˈtɛmpəʳ] n (= nature) → carattere m (= mood); umore m (= fit of anger); collera

vt (= moderate) → temperare, moderare;

to be in a temper → essere in collera;

to keep one's temper → restare calmo;

to lose one's temper → andare in collera

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temper

n temper [ˈtempə]

1 a state of mind; a mood or humour He's in a bad temper.bui, humeurمِزاجнастроениеnáladahumørdie Stimmung(ψυχική) διάθεσηhumormeeleoluحالت روحی؛ خلقtuulihumeurמֶזֶגमनोदशाraspoloženjehangulatperangaiskapumore気分기분nuotaikagarastāvoklis; omaanginhumeursinn, humør, lynnehumor, nastrójhumordispoziţieнастроениеnáladarazpoloženjeraspoloženjehumörอารมณ์ruh hali, keyif心情настрійذہني حالت، موڈtính tình, tính khí心情

2 a tendency to become (unpleasant when) angry He has a terrible temper.humeurحِدَّة إنْفِعال، مِزاج حادизбухливостpovahatemperamentdie Launeευερεθιστότηταgenioiseloomبدخلقیluonne(mauvais) caractèreרוֹגֶזचिड़चिड़ापन, खीजrazdražljivost, gnjevnosttermészetsifat pemarahskapcarattere, temperamento短気성깔charakteris, būdasraksturs; dababarantemperamenttemperament, (hissig) gemyttcharaktergéniofire (iras­cibilă)вспыльчивостьpovaharazdražljivosttemperament[] humör, [] lynneอารมณ์โกรธhuy, tabiat脾氣вдача, характерبد مزاجيkhuynh hướng dễ cáu脾气

3 a state of anger She's in a temper.buiحالَة غَضَبсръдняzlostvreddie Gereiztheitοργή, θυμόςfuriaärritusخشمkiukkuinencolèreרוֹגֶזक्रोधbijes, gnjevrosszkedvkeadaan marahvont skapcolleraかんしゃく화, 노기įsiūtis, pyktisdusmasmarahkwade buihissighet, dårlig humørzłośćataque de raiva(acces de) furieгневzlosť, podráždenosťjezastanje besa[] dåligt humörอารมณ์โกรธkızgınlık, öfke怒氣запальністьخفگي، ناراضگيtình trạng cáu kỉnh怒气

v

1 to bring metal to the right degree of hardness by heating and cooling The steel must be carefully tempered.walsيَسْقي الفولاذ لِتَقْوِيَتِه، يُصَلِّد الفولاذкалявамpopouštět, kalithærdehärtenψήνω μέταλλοtemplarkarastamaسخت کردنtemperoidatremperלְהַרפּוֹתलचीला बनाना धातु इत्यादि कोkaliti, stvrdnutitemperál (fémet)menempastyrkja, bætatemprare鍛える(강철을) 단련하다grūdintirūdītmembajaitemperenherdehartowaćtemperara căliзакаливатьkaliťkalitikalitihärdaทำให้เข้มแข็งขึ้น(çeliğe) su verme使回火гартуватиدھات کو اصلي حالت پر لاناtôi (thép)使回火

2 to soften or make less severe One must try to temper justice with mercy.versag, balanseerيُلَطِّف، يُخَفِّف من، يُسَكِّنсмекчавамmírnitmildnemildernμετριάζωsuavizarmahendamaتعدیل کردنlieventäätempérer (par)לְהַמתִיקकम करनाomekšati, ublažitienyhítmelunakkanmildatemperare, attenuare和らげる알맞게 섞다; 완화하다sušvelnintimīkstināt; mazinātmeringankantemperenmildne, dempe, døyvełagodzićmoderara tempera; a îm­păca (cu)смягчать; сочетатьmierniťublažitiumanjitimildra, modifiera, temperera, man måste låta nåd gå före rättทำให้บรรเทาหรือน้อยลงyumuşatmak, hafifletmek使軟化，使緩和стримувати; пом'якшуватиاعتدال پر لانا، نرم کرناlàm ôn hòa, làm dịu使软化，使缓和

-tempered

having a (certain) state of mind good-tempered; mean-tempered; sweet-tempered.geaardذو مِزاج، ذو طَبْعс ... характерnaloženýbehagelig; ubehageliggestimmt-διάθετος (ως β΄ συνθ.)de carácter...-loomuline, -tujulineخلق...luonteinen, tuulinenau caractère (...)מַצַב רוּחַमिज़ाज वालाćud, naravvmilyen kedélyűberperangai-lyndurdal carattere (...)－気質の「성미가 ...한」이란 뜻의 연결형būdo, charakteriomaiga rakstura-berhati{#169}gehumeurd-lynnet, av sinn... usposobionyde (bom, etc.) feitioîntr-o dispoziţie (...)характерnaladenýki je (...) voljenaravimed ... sinnelag (humör, natur)ที่มีอารมณ์... huylu...脾氣的такий, що має певний характерذہن کاtrạng thái tâm lý...脾气的

keep one's temper

not to lose one's temper He was very annoyed but he kept his temper.humeur beheerيَتَمالَك أعْصابَهсдържам сеneztratit náladubevare fatningenruhig bleibenδιατηρώ την ψυχραιμία μουmantener la calmameelerahu säilitamaجلوی خشم خود را گرفتنpysyä tyynenäse maîtriserלִשמוֹר עַל קוֹר רוּחַशांत रहनाostati miran, ostati staloženmegőrzi nyugalmáthafa stjórn á skapi sínu(mantenere la calma)平静を保つ노여움을 참다valdyti savesavaldītiesmenahan marahzijn kalmte bewarenbevare fatningenzachować spokój, opanować gniewmanter a calmaa se stăpâniвладеть собойnestratiť náladuobvladati sene gubiti nerveเก็บอารมณ์sinirlerine hakim olmak, kendini tutmak忍住性子володіти собоюقابو ميں رکھناgiữ bình tĩnh忍住性子

lose one's temper

to show anger He lost his temper and shouted at me.humeur verloorيَفْقِدُ أعْصابَه، يَثورизбухвамrozzlobit semiste besindelsenin Wut geratenχάνω τη ψυχραιμία μου, εξοργίζομαιperder los estribosendast välja minemaخشمگین شدنmenettää malttinsase mettre en colèreלַצֵאת מִן הַכֵּלִיםगुस्सा करना, झल्लानाrasrditi se, raspaliti sedühbe jönmarahmissa stjórn á skapi sínu(perdere la calma)怒りだす화를 내다; 냉정을 잃다prarasti savitvardązaudēt pašsavaldīšanos; sadusmotieshilang sabarzijn kalmte verliezenbli sint, miste fatningenstracić panowanie nad sobąperder a calmaa-şi ieşi din fireпотерять самообладаниеnahnevať saizgubiti živceizgubiti nervetappa humöret, bli argโกรธsinirlerine hakim olamamak, kendini tutamayıp hiddetlenmek發脾氣виходити з себеغصے ميں بے قابو ہوناmất bình tĩnh发脾气