temper

About 7.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.

   to have a good, bad, or calm temper

2. noun State of mind; mood.
3. noun A tendency to become angry.

   Mind your hasty temper!

4. noun Anger; a fit of anger.

   an outburst of temper

5. noun Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.

   to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper

6. noun Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
7. noun Middle state or course; mean; medium.
8. noun The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.

   the temper of mortar

Similar words

mood moderate harden toughness humor humour snappishness pique chasten pettishness

Often followed by

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Word family

temperable tempered temperer temperers tempering tempers