DICTOMETER

TEMPERAMENTO (Spanish for "temper")

(temper, humør, lune, lynne)

1. Synonyms:
   • Pique
   • Temper
   • Irritation
   Definitions:
   • a sudden outburst of anger
   Examples:
   • His temper sparked like damp firewood
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Temper
   • Mood
   • Humor
   • Humour
   Definitions:
   • a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
   Examples:
   • Whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
   • He was in a bad humor
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Temper
   • Biliousness
   • Irritability
   • Peevishness
   • Pettishness
   • Snappishness
   • Surliness
   Definitions:
   • a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
   Examples:
   • His temper was well known to all his employees
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Temper
   • Toughness
   Definitions:
   • the elasticity and hardness of a metal object
   • its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Anneal
   • Temper
   • Normalize
   Definitions:
   • bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
   Examples:
   • Temper glass
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Temper
   • Harden
   Definitions:
   • harden by reheating and cooling in oil
   Examples:
   • Temper steel
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Temper
   Definitions:
   • adjust the pitch (of pianos)
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Temper
   • Season
   • Mollify
   Definitions:
   • make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
   • moderate
   Examples:
   • She tempered her criticism
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Chasten
   • Moderate
   • Temper
   Definitions:
   • restrain