ENGLISH: temper - CREOLE: tanperaman



Overview of noun temper



The noun temper has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (3) pique, temper, irritation -- (a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood")

2. (2) temper, mood, humor, humour -- (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")

3. (2) temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness -- (a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees")

4. temper, toughness -- (the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking)



Overview of verb temper



The verb temper has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. anneal, temper, normalize -- (toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass")

2. temper, harden -- (harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel")

3. temper -- (adjust the pitch (of pianos))

4. temper, season, mollify -- (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism")

5. chasten, moderate, temper -- (restrain or temper)

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