tempering

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • hardening something by heat treatment; annealing

    adj.

  • moderating by making more temperate

    n.

  • a sudden outburst of anger; pique, irritation

    his temper sparked like damp firewood

  • a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; mood, humor, humour

    whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time

    he was in a bad humor

  • a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

    his temper was well known to all his employees

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

    v.

  • toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; anneal, normalize

    temper glass

  • harden by reheating and cooling in oil; harden

    temper steel

  • adjust the pitch (of pianos)
  • make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; season, mollify

    she tempered her criticism

  • restrain or temper; chasten, moderate

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

tempers|tempered|tempering
syn.: character condition constitution disposition mood nature tendency
ant.: intensify