Synonyms for temper
ˈtɛm pərtem·per

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. temperverb

   To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency

   Synonyms:
   drop forge

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1. temper

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, impatience, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

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1. tempernoun

   Synonyms:
   temperament, disposition, constitution, frame, mood, spirit, irritability, heat, humor, passion

2. temperverb

   Synonyms:
   modify, accommodate, qualify, soften, assuage, soothe, adapt, restrain

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. pique, temper, irritationnoun

   a sudden outburst of anger

   "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

   Synonyms:
   discomfort, annoying, toughness, botheration, surliness, biliousness, innervation, mood, provocation, peevishness, pique, humor, pettishness, excitation, soreness, irritation, irritability, humour, aggravation, snappishness, vexation, annoyance

2. temper, mood, humor, humournoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   liquid body substance, modality, sense of humour, climate, irritability, surliness, biliousness, mode, mood, peevishness, pique, humor, pettishness, wittiness, body fluid, irritation, sense of humor, wit, humour, bodily fluid, snappishness, toughness, witticism

3. temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surlinessnoun

   a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

   "his temper was well known to all his employees"

   Synonyms:
   crossness, petulance, toughness, irritability, surliness, biliousness, mood, excitability, fussiness, peevishness, pique, humor, pettishness, irritation, humour, choler, snappishness, fretfulness

4. temper, toughnessverb

   the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

   Synonyms:
   ruggedness, huskiness, irritability, surliness, biliousness, mood, stamina, peevishness, pique, humor, pettishness, staying power, irritation, humour, formidability, snappishness, toughness

5. anneal, temper, normalizeverb

   bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling

   "temper glass"

   Synonyms:
   season, chasten, anneal, normalize, moderate, renormalise, harden, renormalize, normalise, mollify

6. temper, hardenverb

   harden by reheating and cooling in oil

   "temper steel"

   Synonyms:
   season, chasten, anneal, mollify, moderate, indurate, harden, inure, normalize

7. temperverb

   adjust the pitch (of pianos)

   Synonyms:
   chasten, harden, normalize, season, mollify, anneal, moderate

8. temper, season, mollifyverb

   make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

   "she tempered her criticism"

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, gentle, chasten, flavour, placate, moderate, gruntle, flavor, mollify, harden, appease, pacify, assuage, lenify, normalize, anneal, season

9. chasten, moderate, temperverb

   restrain

   Synonyms:
   lead, mince, hold in, tame, anneal, control, objurgate, moderate, hold, castigate, correct, curb, harden, soften, tone down, mollify, chastise, check, chasten, normalize, chair, season, subdue, contain

Matched Categories

1. • Adjust
   • Annoyance
   • Feeling

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. temperverb

   Synonyms:
   modify, qualify, mix in due proportion

2. temperverb

   Synonyms:
   soften, mollify, assuage, soothe, calm, moderate, restrain, pacify, attemper

3. temperverb

   Synonyms:
   adapt, fit, suit, adjust, accommodate

4. temperverb

   Synonyms:
   bring to the right degree of hardness (as iron, by sudden cooling)

5. temperverb

   Synonyms:
   ANNEAL

6. tempernoun

   Synonyms:
   due mixture, just combination

7. tempernoun

   Synonyms:
   constitution, temperament, nature, organization

8. tempernoun

   Synonyms:
   disposition, humor, frame, mood, grain

9. tempernoun

   Synonyms:
   calmness, moderation, equanimity, composure

10. tempernoun

    Synonyms:
    degree of hardness

11. tempernoun

    Synonyms:
    [Colloquial.] anger, passion, irritation

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1. tempernoun

   Synonyms:
   mood, disposition, humor, passion

2. temperverb

   Synonyms:
   qualify, modify, moderate, appease, anneal

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1. List of paraphrases for "temper":

   temperament, composure, mood, calm, poise, character, anger, tempering, temperance, nerve

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How to use temper in a sentence?

1. Anonymous:

   Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.

2. Ben Carson on Thursday:

   ?Why would anybody know about, you know, private incidents like that? You know, I was generally a nice person, it's just that I had a very bad temper, so unless you were the victim of that temper, why would you know? Just because you happened to know me? That doesn't make any sense.

3. Stefan Worrall:

   The yen volatility we've seen following Draghi's comments is going to temper any big-picture optimism that comes out of the ECB's moves.

4. Washington Irving:

   A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

5. Hannah More:

   Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.