good-tempered
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈɡʊdˈtɛmpərd/
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Examples
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She has a good-tempered nature, always smiling and ready to help others.
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Every one of the Tahitians appeared anxious to oblige, and were naturally good-tempered and cheerful.
Academic text (1991) -
Now you can translate that as good tempered, you can translate that as gentle, you can translate that as mild.
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Some believed he was a good-tempered man who had stayed with his wife mainly for their children's sake; they forgot that the three children had grown up long before and were working in big cities far away.
Fiction book (1993) -
Similarly inspiring is Cynthia Y. Johnson, the good-tempered nurse assistant who cajoles patients into being patient and figures out which ones need help most quickly.
Blog text (24) -
But it's difficult to imagine the history of contemporary music without his boundless intellectual curiosity and relentless but good-tempered pushing of musical boundaries.
Blog text (5) -
It was a laugh of such genuine, unmalicious, good-tempered amusement that Fred had to join in.
Academic text (2001) -
The ideal king, those like King Hrolfr, is good-tempered, generous, humble, magnanimous, clement, and popular with his subjects.
Academic text (1999) -
In the 1920s, a nurse was described as the following (Ashdown, 1927): "A good nurse must be punctual, good-tempered, obedient, and loyal to all rules as the foundation of her work."
Academic text (2010) -
Despite the chaos around him, he remained good-tempered and patient with the children.
Synonyms
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1.1
Kind and gentle in a way that makes others comfortable
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1.0
Friendly and polite in a way that makes others feel good
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3.4
A person who is gentle, calm, and not aggressive
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2.4
Being friendly, cheerful, and easy to get along with
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5.0
Calm and not easily upset, like a quiet lake
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3.2
Cheerful and friendly to other people
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3.7
Calm and not easily annoyed or angry
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3.2
Kind and gentle toward others
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7.3
A calm person who does not get angry or upset easily
Antonyms
How Good-Tempered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Good-tempered is made of good and temper, where temper came from a word meaning 'mood' or 'to keep calm' and is the same root you see in temperate ('calm, moderate'). So good-tempered describes someone with a 'good' mood who is calm, pleasant, and not easily angry.