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"a sword of tempered steel" "tempered glass"adjectivemade hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatmentOpposite:
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"criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing elementOpposite:
Definition that contains tempered
- bag an ugly or ill-tempered woman
- raw untempered and unrefined
- impatient restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
- crank a bad-tempered person
- grouch a bad-tempered person
- shrew a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- gentleness acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
- softness acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
- spitfire a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)
- grump a bad-tempered person