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temper English

Meaning temper meaning

What does temper mean?
Definitions in simple English

temper Noun

— If you have a temper, you often get mad quickly. Because of my temper, when I saw what he had done, I got very angry. — One's temper can be one's nature. Count Cross-Stitch's genial temper makes him a charming house guest.

temper

— noun a sudden outburst of anger his temper sparked like damp firewood — noun (= humor, humour) 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 — noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger his temper was well known to all his employees — noun the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking — verb make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate she tempered her criticism — verb adjust the pitch (of pianos) — verb (= harden) harden by reheating and cooling in oil temper steel — verb bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling temper glass — verb (= chasten) restrain

Synonyms temper synonyms

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temper English » English

disposition mood nature harden character temperament humour humor anneal moderate season toughen spirit rage mollify mitigate anger soften irritation tone down strengthen steel refine quality personality passion palliate master irritability fire feeling discipline dander chasten willpower water train toughness tempering surliness spleen spirits snappishness quick temper proclivity pique pettishness peevishness pacify normalize

Topics temper topics

What do people use temper to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Patient

Bad-tempered
Language and thought

Emotion
Social behavior Behavior

Self-controlled

Conjugation temper conjugation

How do you conjugate temper?

temper · verb

Examples temper examples

How do I use temper in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom has quite a temper.
Tom has a nasty temper.
I can't take this anymore. I've lost my temper completely.
I feel ashamed of having lost my temper.
There's no need to get so angry. Keep your temper.
Don't be such a hothead. A short temper will cost you.
The anarchist is apt to lose his temper.
I think it strange that he should lose his temper over that.
Finally, he lost his temper.
The fact that I lost my temper made matters still worse.
Don't lose your temper whatever he may say.
My brother-in-law is ready to lose his temper at trifles.
Mary loses her temper easily.
Misato tried to be calm, but finally she lost her temper.
Ken is not the type of person who loses his temper easily.
You have caused me to lose my temper.
I'm sometimes in a bad temper.
He lost his temper and began calling me names.
He lost his temper and hit the boy.
He loses his temper easily.
He sometimes loses his temper for nothing.
He has a bad temper.

Movie subtitles

Then he started to threaten me, and i lost my temper, and i told him.
I like you when your temper's up, my dear.
Well, it won't help things losing your temper.
I've never been in a better temper in my life.
IT WAS SILLY OF ME TO LOSE MY TEMPER.
You don't have to lose your temper!
So you lost your temper and you bullied him.
Now, don't lose your temper.
Young lady, I'm not losing my temper.
Well, I just lost my temper.
There's no cause for temper, child.
I haven't lost my temper like that in 30-odd years.
Your temper is no better.
He's got a very hard head, a very uncertain temper. and a very lonely future.
Her temper hasn't grown any sweeter with time.
Get them out of here before I lose my temper.
Silly to lose my temper on account of the little thing you called me.
I was hurt by you, Ebba, and I lost my temper.
Get to the barracks before I lose my temper.
He's alone on his quarterdeck in a fine Irish temper, I suspect.
She has a temper as you probably know.
Leave town, Antonio, before I lose my temper and call the police.
You both have one thing in common, the devil's own temper.
I'm sorry I lost my temper.
I was very stupid about it and I lost my temper completely.
If you don't get out of here, I'm going to lose my temper.
I'm sorry I lost my temper a while ago.
Oh, now, Nick, you keep your temper.
Eonni doesn't hide her temper.
And I've got a bad temper.
You don't have to lose your temper.
In these small Japanese women lies dormant the same. volcanic temper as in the men of this volcanic country, and once. either the volcano eruptes, or.
You! Now, don't lose your temper.
Young lady, I'm not losing my temper. I'm merely trying to play some golf.
Does your husband have a temper too?
I mustn't lose my temper.
Now don't lose your temper.
The old man has a temper.
Temper, temper.

News and current affairs

Those who assert that China is on the wrong side of history in its communication policies--and that the Internet means eventual democratization--ought to temper their optimism.
While many Europeans admire America's devotion to freedom, they prefer policies at home that temper the liberal economic principles of individualism with a robust welfare state.
As long as Wilders and his European counterparts stay out of government, they have no incentive to temper their illiberal rhetoric and stop stoking up hostility towards ethnic and religious minorities.
Clearly, the focus on national interests is inadequate to temper religious extremism, limit human suffering, and prevent the deterioration of societies.
Roh's suicide is a disaster for his family and a national shame, while North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's nuclear blast is something of a temper tantrum, but one which may have dire consequences for the two Koreas and the world.
And the Dutch, neither right nor wrong, temper ideology with practicality to forge compromises that have consensus support.
To the huge power of the Russian presidency Putin adds his own aloof temper and a familiarity, from his KGB years, with the subtle levers of Russia's bureaucracy.
If it does, it will be a transforming event of grand strategy, beside which Desert Storm will seem to be just a temper tantrum of a technocratic adolescent with hi-tech toys.
Nor have his bluster and ill temper improved matters.
But Europeans should temper their criticism with the realization that Europe has similar problems of its own.
But deploying additional Sunni infantry requires training, support, and time, as well as pressure on Iraq's Shia-dominated central government to temper its sectarian approach.
The critic Irving Howe, a New Yorker of long standing, tried to temper my enthusiasm.
With important reserves near populated areas, governments will need to temper their enthusiasm and think about the balance between risks and riches.

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