temper – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: chafe,
vexation,
annoyance,
feeling,
ill nature,
elasticity,
snap,
toughen,
modify,
adjust,
correct,
set,
weaken,
change,
alter
temper
n.
temperament, disposition; mood
v.
moderate, soften, tone down; toughen, harden
Temper
Temperare (to mix correctly) is the
Latin origin of words like "
temperature" and "tempering"; it and "
tempo" come, in turn, from
tempus (
time or
season). Thus, the word "temper" can refer (at least informally) to any time- and temperature-sensitive process (as for
chocolate tempering or
tempered glass), a material's thermo-mechanical history, or even its composition.
temper
Noun
1. a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"
(synonym) pique, irritation
(hypernym) annoyance, chafe, vexation
(derivation) chasten, moderate
2. 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"
(synonym) mood, humor, humour
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) sulk, sulkiness
3. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
(synonym) biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
(hypernym) ill nature
(hyponym) querulousness
(derivation) chasten, moderate
4. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
(synonym) toughness
(hypernym) elasticity, snap
(derivation) harden
Verb
1. toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
(synonym) anneal, normalize
(hypernym) toughen
(derivation) toughness
2. harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
(synonym) harden
(hypernym) modify
(derivation) toughness
3. adjust the pitch (of pianos)
(hypernym) adjust, set, correct
4. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
(synonym) season, mollify
(hypernym) weaken
5. restrain or temper
(synonym) chasten, moderate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) pique, irritation
temperen
v.
temper, subdue, soften, damp, attemper, deaden, tone down, tame, shade, blend, mingle, mix, anneal, chill, harden, alloy
temper
n.
vznětlivost; nálada
