2. (noun)temper, mood, humor, humour a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling Synonyms: liquid body substance, temper, modality, sense of humour, climate, irritability, surliness, biliousness, mode, mood, peevishness, pique, humor, pettishness, wittiness, body fluid, irritation, sense of humor, wit, humour, bodily fluid, snappishness, toughness, witticism
4. (verb)temper, toughness the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking Synonyms: ruggedness, huskiness, irritability, surliness, biliousness, mood, stamina, peevishness, pique, humor, pettishness, staying power, temper, irritation, humour, formidability, snappishness, toughness
5. (verb)anneal, temper, normalize bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling Synonyms: temper, season, chasten, anneal, normalize, moderate, renormalise, harden, renormalize, normalise, mollify
6. (verb)temper, harden harden by reheating and cooling in oil Synonyms: temper, season, chasten, anneal, mollify, moderate, indurate, harden, inure, normalize
1. temper Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used al Synonyms: anger, animosity, fury, offense, rage, choler, impatience, passion, resentment, displeasure, indignation, peevishness, temper, exasperation, ire, pettishness, vexation, fretfulness, irritation, petulance, wrath Antonyms: amiability, leniency, mildness, peacefulness, charity, lenity, patience, self-control, forbearance, long-suffering, peace, self-restraint, gentleness, love, peaceableness
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