Similar words: untempered, ill-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, temper, tempera, tempest, hot temper. Meaning: ['tempə(r)] 
adj. 1. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment 2. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element.
adj. 1. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment 2. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element. 
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1 He has tempered the strong drink with water.
2 Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time. It is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
3 He grew more and more bad - tempered as the afternoon wore on.
4 Justice must be tempered with mercy.
5 His delight was tempered by regret.
6 The heat in this coastal town is tempered by cool sea breezes.
7 My enthusiasm for the venture was somewhat tempered by my knowledge of the work that would be involved.
8 I know he's often bad - tempered but really, you know, he's got a heart of gold.
9 The hot sunny days were tempered by a light breeze.
10 He sometimes seems bad - tempered but really he's got a heart of gold.
11 I responded with curt answers tempered with moderate annoyance.
12 Nor does time appear to have tempered his demeanor.
13 However, their idealism is tempered with realism.
14 Gradually the prevailing barbarism was tempered.
15 Passion must be tempered with reason.
16 Sylvie, tempered with Mathilde's quick wits and humour.
17 His resolve and optimism, tempered with caution, are none the less remarkable.
18 Again there is an underlying theme of likeness tempered with difference; of similarity spiced with variety.
19 What civil laws might have been tempered with mercy as a result?
20 Clinton has already tempered his request for the 1997 fiscal year, seeking $ 491 million.
21 Its functionalism was at least tempered by a grand conception of space.
22 Concern about the housing loan companies tempered any gains in exporters, rising with the dollar.
23 The Rationalist views the mind as a finely tempered, neutral instrument and never doubts the authority and power of reason.
24 On the issue of tempered curiosity, we encounter one of the major flaws, by modern standards, of the Presocratics.
25 A knife is sharpened on the grindstone; steel is tempered in fire.
26 They were careful to keep their distance from the ill - tempered professor.
27 I don't know what's got into Georgia recently — she's so bad tempered.
28 The rent awarded by the court under s24A may be considerably tempered by judicial discretion.
29 They can also be forgetful or very tired and perhaps bad tempered.
30 Again,(www.Sentencedict.com) President Herrera had not insisted on the death penalty but had followed a principle of justice tempered with mercy.
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