tempered
/tˈɛmpɝd/adjective2 syllables
Tempered means: made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.
Synonyms for tempered5
Opposites of tempered
untempered
What does tempered mean?2
adjective
1
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment“a sword of tempered steel”
2
adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element“criticism tempered with kindly sympathy”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Tempered in a sentence
- He looks bad-tempered, but he is kind at heart.unknown
- She looks bad-tempered, but she is kind at heart.nickyeow
- I'm short-tempered, and a loose-tongued man.fcbond
- On the days he doesn't take a nap, he's bad tempered.Amastan
- Zebras become progressively more ill-tempered as they age, which militates against their domestication.halfb1t
- The bad-tempered man snapped at his daughter.CK
- Iron is tempered by heating and sudden cooling.unknown
- People are becoming more short-tempered and violent.unknown
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