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.
Definitions
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
- transitive verb. To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
- transitive verb. To govern; to manage.
- transitive verb. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
- transitive verb. To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.
- noun. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- noun. Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- intransitive verb. To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
- intransitive verb. To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
- 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
- noun. a sudden outburst of anger
"his temper sparked like damp firewood"
- noun. 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"
- verb. restrain
- verb. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
"she tempered her criticism"
- verb. adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- verb. 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"
Synonyms
biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, toughness, irritation, pique, humor, humour, mood, chasten, moderate, mollify, season, harden, anneal, normalize
Anagrams
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Common word forms
tempers, tempered, temperer, tempering, temperable, temperless
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