Synonym: character, condition, constitution, disposition, mood, nature, tendency. Antonym: intensify. Similar words: tempera, tempest, temperature, intemperate, tempestuous, temperamental, tempt, temple. Meaning: ['tempə(r)] n. 1. a sudden outburst of anger 2. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling 3. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger 4. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking. v. 1. toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling 2. harden by reheating and cooling in oil 3. adjust the pitch (of pianos) 4. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate 5. restrain or temper.
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211. If she doesn't get her own way she has temper tantrums.
212. He lost his temper after a driver flashed her headlights as he overtook.
213. He tends to let his temper run away with him.
214. Don't mention what happened last week, it could bring him out in a temper.
215. Her temper flamed up.
216. She inherited her mother's good looks and her father's bad temper.
217. She hardly ever lost her temper - least of all with Anne.
218. At the slightest suggestion of criticism, he loses his temper.
219. The children behaved so badly that I lost my temper.
220. It says a lot for her that she never lost her temper.
221. Her father had an awful temper and she was always frightened of him.
222. His mood/temper is variable.
223. Harris is a belligerent man with an explosive temper.
224. I wish he'd learn to control his temper.
225. His face dark with temper, he parked the car.
226. Kramer's temper sometimes gets the better of him.
227. He has a volatile temper.
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228. His temper is easily ruffled.
229. Kelly ruled by his bad temper.
230. He had then completely lost his temper.
231. Words are doctors for the diseased temper. Aeschylus
232. He has a savage temper.
233. He had an irascible temper.
234. It was clear, she told me, that Scott got his bad temper from his father.
235. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine
236. He picked up the reins in a temper and slapped them hard across the horse's back.
237. His own temper rose, but he held it in check.
238. She was only half Jersey, and that half did not include her temper, which was chancy and morose.
239. Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. James Matthew Barrie
240. He had a terrible temper and everyone was afraid of him.
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