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"temper" Meaning in English

1. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Part of speech : noun

Example : Their temper was well known to all their employees.

Synonyms

biliousness , irritability , peevishness , pettishness , snappishness , surliness

2. a characteristic, habitual or relatively temporary, state of feeling

Part of speech : noun

Example : Whether they praised or cursed me depended on their temper at the time.

Synonyms

humor , humour , mood

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

Part of speech : verb

Example : temper glass

Synonyms

anneal , normalise , normalize

4. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

Part of speech : verb

Synonyms

season , mollify

5. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object

Part of speech : noun

Synonyms

toughness

6. a sudden outburst of anger

Part of speech : noun

Example : My temper sparked like damp firewood.

Synonyms

irritation

7. restrain

Part of speech : verb

Synonyms

moderate

8. harden by reheating and cooling in oil

Part of speech : verb

Example : temper steel

Synonyms

harden

9. adjust the pitch (of pianos)

Part of speech : verb

Translation for "temper"

temper meaning in Spanish : templar

temper meaning in German : Temperament

temper meaning in Russian : характер

temper meaning in Portuguese : temperamento

temper meaning in Chinese : 脾气

temper meaning in Japanese : 気性

temper meaning in Tamil : கோபத்தை

temper meaning in Arabic : لين، لطف، هدأ

temper meaning in Turkish : öfke

temper meaning in Hindi : स्वभाव

temper meaning in Telugu : నిగ్రహాన్ని

temper meaning in French : tempérer

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