Temper synonyms and antonyms
tĕm'pər
Category:
Part of speech:
Disposition; temper.
A person's disposition or temperament
The definition of a furor is a frenzy or an outrage.
The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
Strong love or affection
(Countable, rare) The result or product of being sullen.
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The quality of being fretful
To mollify is to pacify someone or to make something less severe.
toughen-up
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To make or become mentally tougher.
State of mind.
The definition of ire is anger.
cantankerousness
The state of being cantankerous.
The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
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To pacify is defined as to soothe or calm, or to create peace where there was war or fighting.
To congeal is to solidify, especially by cooling, or to take shape, especially to form a satisfying whole.
calmness (antonym)
(Uncountable) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence.
anger (related)
Anger is defined as a strong feeling of dislike or displeasure.
(Uncountable) The state of being excitable
The state of being peevish.
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Alternative spelling of ill humor.
petulence
The quality of being easily angered
The quality of being irascible; irritability of temper.
The state of being churlish
The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste; sourness; bitterness.
huffiness
The property of being huffy.
tensile strength
The resistance of a material to a force tending to tear it apart, measured as the maximum tension the material can withstand without tearing.
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The state or quality of being sturdy.
(Mineralogy) The relative capacity of a substance for scratching another or for being scratched by another
Equanimity is defined as being calm and maintaining your emotions, especially in bad situations.
Ease and dignity of manner; self-assurance; composure
To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife.
To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
To restrain is defined as to hold back or keep under control.
To cover or edge with steel
To subject (glass or metal) to a process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen and reduce brittleness.
To braze is to solder together or join things together using hot metal.
To bake bread, pastry, etc.
To lower in temperature; cool.
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To make or become stiff or stiffer.
(Metallurgy) To form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
To bind with or as if with cement.
To subject to vulcanization
To make solid, compact, or hard:
To make hard; harden:
A carbohydrate that is the chief form of stored energy in plants, especially wheat, corn, rice, and potatoes. Starch is a mixture of two different polysaccharides built out of glucose units, and forms a white, tasteless powder when purified. It is an important source of nutrition and is also used to make adhesives, paper, and textiles.
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To replace the normal cells of (organic matter) with silica or other mineral deposits; re-form as a stony substance
To form into a particular shape; give shape to:
To fix at a given amount:
To become dry:
patience (antonym)
Steadiness, endurance, or perseverance in the performance of a task
attack (antonym)
The definition of attack is to make an attempt to hurt someone or something (physically or verbally), to destroy someone or something, to impact someone or something in a dangerous manner, or to forcibly take someone or something.
violate injure (antonym)
To soften or qualify
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melt (antonym)
To dissolve; disintegrate
dissolve (antonym)
To dissolve is defined as to become broken up or absorbed by something or to disappear into something else.
soften (antonym)
To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
mood (related)
A category or set of verb forms or inflections used to indicate such an attitude. In English, the indicative mood is used to make factual statements, the subjunctive mood to indicate doubt or unlikelihood, and the imperative mood to express a command.
rage (related)
Strong emotion, enthusiasm, or desire
firmness (related)
The state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution.
strength (related)
Intensity of emotion or belief:
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composure (related)
A calm or tranquil state of mind; self-possession.
ease (related)
To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen:
strengthen (related)
Sour in taste
Hair trigger defines something that responds or happens easily or without cause.
Capable of burning; easily set on fire.
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Characterized by or resulting from anger.
Having the taste, smell, or nature of vinegar.
Tending to violence; explosive:
The definition of asperity is a difficult or demanding situation.
Bitterness; anger
One's customary frame of mind; one's nature or temperament
Ill temper:
An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
The definition of adapt is to adjust or modify something or to a particular situation or circumstance.
To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
To bring into a harmonious or responsive relationship:
To restrain from excess; subdue
To adjust or settle; reconcile
To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
To wander about.
A psychological state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is sometimes accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling.
To provide a place or time for:
(Grammar) To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.
(Gram.) To limit or modify the meaning of (a word or group of words)
To season is defined as to add herbs and spices to make food more tasty.
Soothe is defined as to calm or relieve.
To inspirit, animate, encourage, cheer, etc.
To soften or change the color of (a painting or photographic negative, for example).
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
happiness (antonym)
The definition of happiness is the state of joy, peace and tranquility.
upset (antonym)
The definition of an upset is an unexpected victory.
agitate (antonym)
To stir up interest and support through speeches and writing so as to produce changes
excite (antonym)
Excite is defined as to stir up emotions, action or strong reactions.
aggravate (antonym)
The definition of aggravate means to make worse or to annoy.
bend (antonym)
To flex a limb at (a joint, as the knee or elbow)
flex (antonym)
To tense (a muscle) by contraction
To subdue the intensity of (a color)
To overcome, as by persuasion or training; control
To change from an uncontrolled or disorderly to a controlled state:
A kind or sort:
A particular turn of mind:
The state of being irascible; irascibility.
(Slang) A tendency to become angry readily; quick temper
(Informal) A fit of anger, hysteria, etc.; tantrum
Anger or panic expressed verbally loudly and with overt bodily gestures.
The definition of climate is the weather of a location over time or the environment or mood.
low boiling point
increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
be (related)
A person's customary manner of emotional response
The state of being bilious
The state of being pettish; peevishness, irritability. [from 17th c.]
The quality of being snappish.
Humour is the British spelling of the word humor, which is defined as the quality that makes people laugh.
To become solid, rigid, callous, etc.
To become or return to normal:
impatience (related)
coldness (related)
ardour (related)
bitterness (related)
moodiness (related)
touchiness
The property of being touchy
The quality or condition of being sensitive:
grouchiness
The characteristic or quality of being grouchy
To change or weaken (in brilliance, force, effect, etc.) by mixing with something else
To direct one's mind to
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