intemperateness

Examples

• All

• She recognized her intemperateness in spending money during sales and decided to budget more carefully.

• Part of the reason, I suspect, is to curry favor with the court by rising above the client's supposed intemperateness.

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• The coach warned the player about his intemperateness when celebrating victories too exuberantly.

Synonyms

S

self-indulgence

vsintemperateness

6 6.8

Giving yourself too much pleasure or comfort

highlights lack of control rather than deliberate pursuit of pleasure

O

overindulgence

vsintemperateness

2 6.1

Doing too much of something enjoyable, often food or treats, that causes harm

is broader, meaning general lack of moderation beyond single acts

I

intemperance

vsintemperateness

• Formal

1 9.1

Not having control over what you do, especially eating or drinking too much

is the longer form used for the same idea

I

immoderation

vsintemperateness

1 8.6

Doing or having too much of something without control

stresses loss of control particularly with drinking, food, or passions

I

immoderateness

vsintemperateness

9.9

A way of behaving that is too much

emphasizes loss of self-control especially with appetites or passions

D

dissoluteness

vsintemperateness

• Formal

9.9

A lack of moral control that makes a person enjoy too many physical pleasures

is more general and covers excess beyond moral or sensual contexts

Antonyms

S

self-control

53 3.3

Being able to stop yourself from acting on strong feelings or wants when it is hard

M

moderation

47 3.5

Keeping actions or feelings within reasonable limits

How Intemperate

overindulgence

2 6.1

immoderation

1 8.6

intemperateness

• Formal

9.9

moderation

47 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology