temper
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sudden outburst of anger
his temper sparked like damp firewood
Types & categories
- vexation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
temper glass
Types & categories
- harden hypernym
Related & opposite
- temperance derivation
- annealing derivation
- toughness derivation
Sense 3 noun
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
Types & categories
- feeling hypernym
- peeve hyponym
- sulkiness hyponym
- amiability hyponym
- ill humor hyponym
Related & opposite
- humor derivation
- temperamental derivation
Sense 4 verb
harden by reheating and cooling in oil
temper steel
Types & categories
- modify hypernym
Related & opposite
- temperance derivation
- annealing derivation
- toughness derivation
Sense 5 noun
a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
his temper was well known to all his employees
Types & categories
- ill nature hypernym
- querulousness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
adjust the pitch (of pianos)
Types & categories
- adjust hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
Types & categories
- elasticity hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
she tempered her criticism
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
- pacification derivation
- mollification derivation
Sense 9 verb
restrain
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- pettishness derivation
- temper derivation
- moderator derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chasten |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | devil |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pique |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | vexation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | temperance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | annealing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | toughness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | harden |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | temperamental |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | peeve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sulkiness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | amiability |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ill humor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | temperance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | annealing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | toughness |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | modify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chasten |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritable |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | snappy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | surly |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ill nature |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | querulousness |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjust |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | temper |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | temper |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | elasticity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | pacification |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | mollification |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | pettishness |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | temper |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderator |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |