All temper synonyms
temΒ·per
T t verb temper
- gloze β to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over).
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- get the upper hand β gain advantage
- calcify β to convert or be converted into lime
- humanise β to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- cool off β If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.
- housetrained β Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- fossilized β Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- anneal β to temper or toughen (something) by heat treatment
- fossilise β Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- kipper β a young male Aborigine, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.
- fade away β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- housetraining β Present participle of housetrain.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- firmed β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- kippered β a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
- lay back β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- house-train β to housebreak.
- air-condition β to apply air conditioning to
- outs β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- fossilised β Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fossilized.
- air-cool β to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
- fine tune β to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
- concreted β constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- house-trained β housebroken.
- inflect β to modulate (the voice).
- make over β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- caseharden β to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- firming β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- kippering β Present participle of kipper.
- get the better of β of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- cool out β to relax and cool down
- die out β If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
noun temper
- drumfire β gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- infuriation β to make furious; enrage.
- hysterics β Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- complexion β When you refer to someone's complexion, you are referring to the natural colour or condition of the skin on their face.
- flareup β a sudden flaring up of flame or light.
- inconstancy β not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.
- wittiness β possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
- makeup β facial cosmetics, as eye shadow or lipstick.
- ipseity β Selfhood; individual identity.
- irateness β The state of being irate.
- character β The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
- mood β Grammar. a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of the clause in which the verb occurs to other clauses in the sentence, or the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying, as certainty or uncertainty, wish or command, emphasis or hesitancy. a set of syntactic devices in some languages that is similar to this set in function or meaning, involving the use of auxiliary words, as can, may, might. any of the categories of these sets: the Latin indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- indomitability β that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior.
- kidneys β Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
- caprice β A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose.