NOUN | feeling | temper, pique, irritation | a sudden outburst of anger / anger |
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feeling | temper, mood, humor, humour | a characteristic / characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | |
attribute | temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger / anger | |
attribute | temper, toughness | the elasticity and hardness of a metal object | |
VERB | change | temper, anneal, normalize | bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling |
change | temper, harden | harden by reheating and cooling in oil | |
change | temper | adjust the pitch (of pianos) | |
change | temper, season, mollify, moderate | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | |
change | temper, chasten | restrain |
Sounds | teh'mper | |
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Rhymes | asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per... |
Meaning | A sudden outburst of anger / anger. | |
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Example | "his temper sparked like damp firewood" | |
Synonyms | pique, irritation | |
Broader | annoyance, chafe, vexation | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
Spanish | humor, irritación, resentimiento | |
Catalan | irritació, ressentiment | |
Verbs | temper | restrain |
Meaning | A characteristic / characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. | |
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Example | "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time" | |
Synonyms | mood, humor, humour | |
Narrower | good humor, good humour, good temper, amiability | A cheerful and agreeable mood |
ill humor, ill humour, distemper | An angry and disagreeable mood | |
peeve | An annoyed or irritated mood | |
sulk, sulkiness | A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal | |
Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
Spanish | estado de ánimo, humor, temperamento | |
Catalan | humor, temperament |
Meaning | A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger / anger. | |
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Example | "his temper was well known to all his employees" | |
Synonyms | biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness | |
Narrower | querulousness | The quality of being given to complaining |
Broader | ill nature | A disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition |
Spanish | desabrimiento, irritabilidad | |
Verbs | temper | restrain |
Meaning | The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking. | |
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Synonym | toughness | |
Broader | elasticity, snap | The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed |
Spanish | temple, tenacidad | |
Catalan | tremp | |
Verbs | temper | harden by reheating and cooling in oil |
temper | bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling |
Meaning | Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "temper glass" | |
Synonyms | anneal, normalize | |
Broader | harden, indurate | make hard or harder |
Spanish | recocer | |
Catalan | trempar | |
Nouns | temper | the elasticity and hardness of a metal object |
temperance | the act of tempering | |
tempering | hardening something by heat treatment |
Meaning | harden by reheating and cooling in oil. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "temper steel" | |
Synonym | harden | |
Broader | modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme / extreme |
Spanish | endurecer, templar | |
Catalan | endurir, temperar | |
Nouns | temper | the elasticity and hardness of a metal object |
temperance | the act of tempering | |
tempering | hardening something by heat treatment |
Meaning | Adjust the pitch (of pianos) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | adjust, set, correct | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
Catalan | afinar |
Meaning | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "she tempered her criticism" | |
Synonyms | season, mollify, moderate | |
Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
Spanish | atemperar, castigar, corregir, moderar, temperar, templar | |
Catalan | assuaujar, moderar, temperar |
Meaning | restrain. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | chasten | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | atemperar, castigar, corregir, moderar, temperar | |
Catalan | moderar, temperar | |
Nouns | temper | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger / anger |
temper | a sudden outburst of anger / anger |
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