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WordReference English Thesaurus © 2016
temper

Sense: State of mind
- disposition
- temperament
- frame of mind
- humor
- mood
- state of mind
Sense: An angry state of mind
- furor
- ire
- passion
- anger
- rage
- fury
Sense: The quality of being easily angered
- impatience
- excitability
- touchiness
- sourness
- sensitivity
- fretfulness
- peevishness
- irritability
- ill-humor
- acerbity
- petulence
- irascibility
- crossness
- churlishness
- pugnacity
- sullenness
- tartness
- grouchiness
- huffiness
- cantankerousness
- awkwardness
Sense: The quality of induced hardness or toughness in materials
- tensile strength
- sturdiness
- hardness
- firmness
- strength
- toughness
Sense: Composure
- equanimity
- poise
- tranquility
- composure
- calmness

WordReference English Thesaurus © 2016
temper

Sense: To soften or qualify
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- curb
- restrain
- ease
- soften
- tone down
- relax
Sense: To toughen or harden
- steel
- anneal
- cement
- vulcanize
- set
- dry
- toughen up
- strengthen
- harden

'temper' also found in these entries:

adapt - adjust - anger - anneal - assuage - attitude - bake - change - character - chasten - class - cool - dander - disposition - frame of mind - fury - gloze - hackles - harden - humor - keep a rein on - mettle - mettle - mince - mitigate - moderate - modulate - mollify - mood - personality - qualify - refine - regulate - slow - soften - spirit - strengthen - temperament - tone - tone down - virtue

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