intemperate

intemperate is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.
2. adjective. Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.
3. adjective. Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.
4. transitive verb. To disorder.
5. adjective. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

   "a hard drinker"

   Synonyms: hard, heavy

6. adjective. excessive in behavior

   "intemperate rage"

7. adjective. (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes

   "an intemperate climate"

   "intemperate zones"

Synonyms

hard, heavy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in intemperate:

impenetrate

Common word forms

intemperately, intemperateness

Words from these letters

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