temper
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈtɛmpər/
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temperamento
- After hearing the criticism, she lost her temper and shouted at everyone in the room.
- a good temper
- temper of the age
I do have my father's temper, I do have characteristics of my father.
- I do have my father's temper, I do have characteristics of my father.
- We're going to be looking at the virtue of whatever you want to call it, gentleness, mildness, good temper.
- This, this is completely Aristotle's position when it comes to the virtue of what he calls mildness, prow taste or good temper.
- And I wasn't always around because of your temper.
Examples
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You're in a sweet temper.
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My father wasn't always a nice, sweet-tempered guy trying to make his family happy.
Fiction book (1991) -
My, my, we are in a temper today.
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Neither of us can keep our temper.
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That temper really is wasted on you.
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I don't know how you kept your temper just now, sir.
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With nations as with households, tempers fray when the money runs out.
Academic text (1998) -
A man of sound, but not enthusiastic piety; mild in his temper; honest, open, and sincere in his disposition.
Academic text (2005) -
Lydia had always been the good daughter, sweet-tempered and incurious, never dreaming of taking flight.
Fiction book (1992) -
The ideal king, those like King Hrolfr, is good-tempered, generous, humble, magnanimous, clement, and popular with his subjects.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
A temporary feeling that affects how someone acts
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4.3
A person's usual mood that shows in how they act
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2.1
A temporary mood or feeling
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Etymology
Temper meaning mood comes from Latin temperamentum, the idea of a person's 'mixture' of feelings, and is related to temperament. So 'temper' can mean the state of mind or mood that affects how a person behaves.