Dictionary Entry
temper
temper is a 6-letter English word with 25 senses as transitive verb, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 25 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.
- 2transitive verb
To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
- 3transitive verb
To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
- 4transitive verb
To govern; to manage.
- 5transitive verb
To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
- 6transitive verb
To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- 7noun
The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.
- 8noun
Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
- 9noun
Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
- 10noun
Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.
- 11noun
Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
- 12noun
The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.
- 13noun
Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- 14noun
Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- 15intransitive verb
To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
- 16intransitive verb
To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
- 17noun
a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
"his temper was well known to all his employees"
- 18noun
the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
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- 19noun
a sudden outburst of anger
"his temper sparked like damp firewood"
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- 20noun
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"
- 21verb
restrain
- 22verb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
"she tempered her criticism"
- 23verb
adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- 24verb
harden by reheating and cooling in oil
"temper steel"
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- 25verb
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
"temper glass"
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