Definitions for temper

Overview of noun temper

The noun temper has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (3) pique, temper, irritation

(a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood")

2. (2) temper, mood, humor, humour

(a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor")

3. (2) temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

(a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees")

4. temper, toughness

(the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking)

Overview of verb temper

The verb temper has 5 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. anneal, temper, normalize

(bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass")

2. temper, harden

(harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel")

3. temper

(adjust the pitch (of pianos))

4. temper, season, mollify

(make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism")

5. chasten, moderate, temper

(restrain)