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Tempered

Definition: Tempered

Tempered

Adjective

1. Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass".

2. Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tempered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Tempered

DomainDefinition

Mining

In brickmaking, (1) moistened and worked to the proper consistency, as clay for bricks or molding, and (2) capable of being cut with ease, asbricks made of such clay. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Tempered

Synonyms: hardened (adj), toughened (adj), treated (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: untempered (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Tempered

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Affections

Adjective: affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast; attempered, tempered; framed; predisposed; prone, inclined; having a bias; Noun: tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with.

Moderation

Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Tempered

English words defined with "tempered": AttemperateburinChalybeous, Contemperature, crabbedness, crabbiness, crossnesshardenedIsotonic systemNealseasontemper, Temperable, toughened, treateduntempered. (references)
Specialty definitions using "tempered": blank of safety razor bladeCold-chiseldouble-glazed window units, DurandanaENGRAVER, PICTURElead patenting, lead quenchMcNally-Vissac dryer, Muller mixerOratoryRabble, Ryetempered steel, TREATING-PLANT OPERATORwaterless moulding sand, wet edge-runner mill, wet pan. (references)
Etymologies containing "tempered": Contemperature. (references)

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Modern Usage: Tempered

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The strongboxes were placed into two specially-built Chubb safes constructed of three-quarter inch tempered steel (The First Great Train Robbery; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

Is it the kind of ordeal like visiting a rather bad tempered, elderly female relative is an ordeal, or is it more the plunging your hand into a pot of scalding water to see how quickly it strips the skin off sort of ordeal (NeverWhere; writing credit: Neil Gaiman; Lenny Henry)

Although justice must be tempered with mercy, it must still maintain a sense of retribution (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham)

Movie/TV Titles

Tempered Steel (1918)

The Ugly Tempered Tramp (1900)

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Commercial Usage: Tempered

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Tempered or Laminated Safety Glass: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • WELL TEMPERED TIMPANIST, THE" (reference)

  • Tempered Steel: How God Shaped a Man's Heart Through Adversity (reference)

  • The Well Tempered Clavier: Books 1 and 2 Complete (reference)

  • The New Well Tempered Sentence : A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed (reference)

  • Tempered Not Quenched (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Bach - The Well Tempered Clavier 48 Preludes and Fugues / Hewitt, MacGregor, Demidenko, Gavrilow (reference)

  • Tempered Steele (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Calphalon Commercial Stainless 5-Quart Saute with Tempered Glass Lid (reference)

  • Rival SS120 12-Inch Stainless Steel Electric Skillet with Tempered Glass Lid (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Tempered

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Photo Album: Tempered

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Tempered to take it. This elaborate machine is an important war worker. It heat treats and tempers gun parts at an eastern armory. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Tempered

AuthorQuotation

Blaise Pascal

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Miguel De Cervantes

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Democracy becomes a government of bullies, tempered by editors.

Sidney J. Harris

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Voltaire

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

William Ewart Gladstone

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence; Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Tempered

AuthorDateQuotation

John F. Kennedy

1961

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Tempered

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

She is pretty, and she is good tempered, and that is all.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tempered

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The choice of a particular regimen must be tempered by the rapidly developing data on optimal therapy. (references)

The value of the anti-HBc test in improving the safety of the blood supply is tempered by the impact of high false positive rates. (references)

Thus, any recommendations for increasing calcium intake are tempered in these individuals by the potential for undesirable consequences. (references)

Business

While Korea has already undertaken many of the measures required to reform its financial sector, a timely recovery and domestic political considerations may have tempered the nation's enthusiasm for change. (references)

Civil Liberties

Germany

The Constitutional Court tempered the victory for Jehovah's Witnesses by instructing the Federal Administrative Court to examine whether Jehovah's Witnesses use coercive methods to prevent their members from leaving their congregations and whether their child-rearing practices conform to German human rights standards. (references)

Economic History

Dominican Rep

The industry generates substantial revenues, though profits are tempered by strong competition. (references)

Netherlands

The U.S. is a major exporter of oak, other tempered hardwoods, and softwood plywood to the Netherlands. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

The Irish commitment to WTO mechanisms and the reservoir of goodwill built up between the U.S. and Ireland has, however, tempered the direct impact of U.S.-EU trade disputes on U.S.-Irish relations. (references)

PHILIPPINES

Although subject to opposition from ultra-nationalist groups and vested interests, and their effectiveness tempered by political uncertainty and separatist violence, reforms to make the Philippines a more attractive destination for foreign investment continue to move forward. (references)

Honduras

Honduras has, for example, expressed its concerns about U.S. deportations of Hondurans, but this issue has been tempered by the extension of Temporary Protected Status for those Hondurans who entered the United States prior to December 30, 1998. This status was provided in recognition of the special circumstances of Honduras following the Hurricane Mitch disaster in October 1998 and was recently extended through July 2001. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Tempered

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969I believe deeply in the ultimate purposes of this Nation-described by the Constitution, tempered by history, embodied in progressive laws, and given life by men and women that have been elected to serve their fellow citizens.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989But our confidence must also be tempered by realism and patience.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Tempered

"Tempered" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 72.31% of the time. "Tempered" is used about 242 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)72.31%17523,506
Adjective (general or positive)16.12%3955,036
Lexical Verb (past tense)11.57%2865,706
                    Total100.00%242N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Tempered

Expressions using "tempered": bad tempered become tempered cold tempered equally tempered scale even tempered good tempered hot tempered ill tempered quick tempered short tempered tempered glass tempered semitone tempered vs untempered tempered whole tone. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "tempered": evil-tempered, foul-tempered, sweet-tempered, well-tempered.

Containing "tempered": equable even-tempered good-tempered placid, ill-tempered person, ill-tempered woman, shirty snorty ill-tempered or annoyed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tempered

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tempered glass

131

tempered safety glass

3

well tempered clavier

20

bach clavier tempered well

3

tempered

8

kitchen tempered well

3

tempered steel

8

clavier midi tempered well

3

cutting glass tempered

5

oil spring tempered wire

3

door glass tempered

5

glass manufacturer tempered

2

scale tempered well

5

glass railing tempered

2

glass table tempered top

5

esferical glass tempered

2

oil tempered

5

mental tempered

2

tempered glass shelf

5

table tempered turn well

2

glass price tempered

4

glass tempered window

2

chocolate tempered

4

tempered glass desk

2

boards cutting glass tempered

4

masonite tempered

2

well tempered

4

glass replacement tempered

2

lab tempered well

4

glass lid tempered

2

tempered glass cutting board

4

blood ill tempered that within

2

hardboard tempered

4

tempered window

2

glass table tempered

3

glasses tempered

2

cut glass tempered

3

glass nashville tempered

2
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Modern Translation: Tempered

Language Translations for "tempered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i rrëmbyer (brusque, fractious, heady, hot-headed, impetuous, impulsive, precipitate, precipitous, rapt, short tempered, tempestuous), gjaknxehtë (hot tempered, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hot-headed, irascible, irritable, peppery, quick tempered, short tempered, techy, testy, tetchy), grindavec (arguer, cantankerous, captious, caviller, contentious, crab, crank, croaker, disputant, fractious, fretful, ill tempered, noisy person, peevish, pettish, quarrelsome, spitfire, wrangler), grinjar (ill natured, ill tempered, ill-conditioned), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, smooth, soft, sweet, sympathetic), i keq (bad, bad tempered, baleful, blinking, bodeful, cancerous, catty, cheesy, crook, dark, defective, dubious, evil, heavy, ill, ill disposed, ill natured, ill-conditioned, lousy, low-grade, malign, malignant, nasty, naughty, perverse, poor, punk, shady, shoddy, sinister, ugly, vicious, vile, wicked), gjakftohtë (calm, cold blooded, cool, dispassionate, even tempered, impassible, imperturbable, placid, self contained, self possessed, serene, sober-blooded, unflappable), i përmbajtur (aloof, composed, continent, controlled, cool-headed, decent, demure, discreet, even tempered, modest, passionless, restrained, sedate, self-collected, sober minded, staid, stand off, strange, temperate, unaffable, undemonstrative), zemërak (choleric, cross, grumpy, ornery, peevish, peppery, petulant, quick tempered, techy, tetchy, waspish), i vrazhdë (abrupt, austere, bad tempered, boeotian, boorish, brutal, brutish, churlish, clownish, coarse, crude, discordant, dissonant, earthy, fretful, grave, gross, hard, hard-fisted, harsh, heavy-handed, ill natured, low-bred, morose, murky, robustious, rough, rough spoken, rude, scurrilous, severe, stern, sullen, surly, truculent, uncivil, unfinished, unhandsome, unmannerly), idhnak (grumpy, liverish, ornery, peevish, petulant, querulous, quick tempered, sorehead, testy, vixenish, waspish), me karakter të keq (ill tempered), nevrik (choleric, cranky, edgy, high strung, highly strung, hot tempered, irate, nervous, quick tempered, short tempered, vixenish), që nxehet shpejt (atrabilious, bad tempered), që shkon (congruent, congruous, good tempered, pleasant, soft), i mirë (benign, canny, carriageable, decent, desirable, fine, gentle, good, good tempered, goodly, handsome, keen, kind, kindhearted, kindly, lovely, nice, pleasant, pukka, salable, tops, virtuous). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منفعل (agitated, bad tempered, deeply stirred, edgy, emotional, excited, influenced, irritable, nervous, on edge, on fire, palatal, passive, upset, wrought up), ‏هادئ المزاج (good tempered), ‏هائج (agitated, bad tempered, berserk, boiled, eruptive, fermentable, mad, nervy, phrenic, rambunctious, rampant, rapturous, restive, restless, riotous, rough, rousing, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious), ‏ولو موقتا (even tempered), ‏حامي الطبع (hot tempered), ‏حاد الطبع (hot-headed, irritable, lively, peevish, peppery, quick tempered), ‏حاد الإنفعال (quick tempered), ‏سريع الغضب (combustible, crusty, hasty, inflammable, irascible, irate, irritable, passionate, peppery, quick tempered, short tempered, tempestuous, testy, tetchy, ticklish, touchy), ‏سئ المزاج (bad tempered), ‏طلق المحيا (bright-faced, good natured, good tempered), ‏احرق (hot tempered), ‏دمث الخلق (good tempered). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

умерен (abstemious, abstinent, conservative, equable, frugal, gentle, medium, mezzo, mild, moderate, philosophical, reasonable, restrained, slack, sober, sparing, temperate), темпериран, кален (feculent, miry, muddy, slimy, sloppy, sludgy, slushy, splashy, sticky, thick), пластичен (fictile, plastic, pliable, sculptural, sculpturesque, yielding). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

磨炼 (tempering). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vznìtlivý (combustible, excitable, fiery, hot tempered, inflammable, nervy, quick tempered, stormy), vyrovnaný (balanced, close, composed, equable, even, even tempered, good tempered, secure, self possessed, serene, stable, well balanced), veselé nálady (good tempered), výbušný (detonating, effervescent, explosive, hot tempered, quick tempered), snášenlivý (broadminded, good tempered, tolerant), rozzlobit se (become tempered, get angry), prudký (abrupt, acrimonious, big, bulge, effervescent, ferocious, fierce, fiery, glaring, grievous, gusty, heady, heated, heavy, high, hot tempered, hot-headed, impetuous, intense, keen, passional, passionate, peppery, rapid, rash, robust, rude, sharp, steep, stormy, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, towering, tumultuous, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), popudlivý (bad tempered, cantankerous, irritable, short tempered, testy), nevrlý (bad tempered, bilious, cantankerous, crabbed, crusty, gruff, grumpy, ill tempered, morose, petulant, querulous, snappy, sour, splenetic, sullen, surly), nervózní (fussy, high strung, highly strung, ill tempered, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, neurotic, on edge, overstrung, overwrought, tense, unsettled, uptight), mrzutý (annoying, awkward, bad tempered, chuff, crabbed, cranky, cross, crusty, dumpish, frumpish, glum, grouchy, joyless, Moody, out of temper, peevish, pettish, rugged, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, untoward, vexatious), dobromyslný (good natured, good tempered, good-humored). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tempereret halvtone (half-step, tempered semitone), tempereret skala (equally tempered scale), i haerdnings-og anloebningsstrukturerne er disse foelger af legeringsstoffernes sejgring mindre tydelige efter anloebning ved 530 grader C (in the quenched and tempered structures, these effects of the alloy segregation are less noticeable after tempe ring at 53OÖC), anloebet og bratkoelet i olie (tempered and quenched in oilt), bratkoelingen maa foretages forsigtigt og anloebningen foelge umiddelbart efter,da staalet har tilboejelighed til revnedannelse (and the steel must be immediately tempered, because it shows a tendency for cracking, the quenching must be carefully carried out), da kun emner med relativt lille tvaersnit kan gennemhaerde,vil den opnaaelige flydespaending i SEJHAERDET TILSTAND AFTAGE VED TVAERSNIT,DER GAAR HERUDOVER (due to full hardening only being possible in small diameters, the yield strength obtainable in the quenched and tempered condition decreases with increasing section size), den anloebne struktur maa derfor yderligere indeholde cementitpartikler og vaere vaesentligt mere finkornet (therefore commercially tempered structures must contain cementite particles and must essentially be fine grained), det grynede udseende af strukturen i proevestykket antyder,at karbidpartiklerne er temmelig store (roughened regions in the structure of the specimen tempered suggest a rather coarse carbide precipitation), adskillige martensitnaale er allerede anloebet under afkoelingen og aetses derfor moerkt (several martensite needles have already tempered during cooling and are therefore preferentially dark etching), haerdet glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, tempered safety glass, toughened glass, toughened safety glass), i praksis anloebes disse sejhaerdningsstaal ved temperaturer mellem 530 grader og 670 grader C (for industrial use, these heat treatable steels are tempered af temperatures between 530 and 670 C), ofte iagttages i anloebnings-og sejhaerdningsstrukturen saerligt moerktaetsende naale side om side med de lyse naale (especially darktching together with light etching needles are often seen, in a tempered structure), sejhærdet tråd (quenched and tempered wire), sejhaerdningsstaal (heat-treatable steel, quenched and tempered steel), sejhaerdningsstruktur (quenched and tempered structures), forspændt glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hardbaar staal(Q en T-staal) (heat-treatable steel, quenched and tempered steel), de gevolgen van het uitscheiden van de legeringselementen in geharde en ontlaten structuren worden minder geprononceerd na ontlaten bij een temperatuur van 530 deg.C (in the quenched and tempered structures, these effects of the alloy segregation are less noticeable after tempe ring at 53OÖC), een aantal martensietnaalden zijn gedurende het afkoelen reeds ontlaten en daardoor zeer donker geëtst (several martensite needles have already tempered during cooling and are therefore preferentially dark etching), evenredig zwevende toonladder (equally tempered scale), gehard en ontlaten staal (quenched and tempered steel), gehard en ontlaten voorspandraad (quenched and tempered wire), gehard glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass), gehard veiligheidsglas (tempered safety glass, toughened safety glass), grove delen in de structuur van het bij 650deg.C ontlaten proefstuk wijzen op een uitscheiding van grove carbiden (roughened regions in the structure of the specimen tempered suggest a rather coarse carbide precipitation), half voorgespannen glas (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), daarom moet de ontlaatstructuur cementietinsluitsels bevatten en in de eerste plaats fijnkorrelig zijn (therefore commercially tempered structures must contain cementite particles and must essentially be fine grained), halve toon (half-step, tempered semitone), voorgespannen glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass), hardglas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass), het afschrikken dient voorzichtig te gebeuren en moet direct worden gevolgd door ontlaten,omdat het staal gevoelig is voor scheurvorming (and the steel must be immediately tempered, because it shows a tendency for cracking, the quenching must be carefully carried out), na harden bij 530 deg.C heeft de structuur na harden en ontlaten een gelijkmatig uiterlijk (tempered at 53OÖC, the as quenched-and-subsequently-tempered structure has a uniformly etched appearance), omdat het volledig doorharden alleen bij kleinere diameters mogelijk is,neemt de rekgrens die maximaal te verkrijgen is in de geharde en ontlaten toestand af met het toenemen van de diameter van het werkstuk (due to full hardening only being possible in small diameters, the yield strength obtainable in the quenched and tempered condition decreases with increasing section size), ontlaten en in olie afgeschrikt (tempered and quenched in oilt), scherpe kanten van het universaliteitsbeginsel afnemen (the principle of universality is tempered), structuur van gehard en ontlaten staal (quenched and tempered structures), vaak treft men in ontlaatstructuren bijzonder donker geëtste naalden naast lichter geëtste aan (especially darktching together with light etching needles are often seen, in a tempered structure), voor technische toepassingen worden deze hardbare staalsoorten ontlaten bij temperaturen tussen 530 deg.C en 670 deg.C (for industrial use, these heat treatable steels are tempered af temperatures between 530 and 670 C), half-gehard glas (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tasavireinen asteikko (equally tempered scale), puolisävelaskel (half-step, tempered semitone), pahan-tuulinen (bad-tempered, in a bad temper), lievästi karkaistu lasi (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), kiivasluontoinen (hot-tempered, of violent temper), karkaistu varmuuslasi (tempered safety glass, toughened safety glass), karkaistu lasi (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass), hyväluontoinen (good- tempered). (various references)

   

French

  

tempérée, tempéré (temperate), revenu (tempering), dénaturé. (various references)

   

German

  

temperierten, temperierte, gemäßigt (middle-of-the-road, moderate, moderated, moderatly, qualified, restrained, temperate, temperately, wet). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καλόβουλοσ, με διάθεση. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מיושב ב"עתו (composed, even tempered, level headed, self possessed, sober, staid, steady), קר מז' (apathetic, cold tempered, phlegmatical), קצר רוח (impatient, irascible, quick tempered, short, snappish), זעפן (hot tempered, irascible, irritable, splenetic), טוב מז' (good humoured, good tempered), רתחן (bad tempered, fiery, hot tempered, irascible, splenetic), ר'זן (bad tempered, cantankerous, crusty, ill tempered, irascible, peppery, petulant, tartar), ר'ז י (bad tempered, cross, short tempered, testy), וח לכעוס (hot tempered, irascible, quarrelsome, quicktempered, splenetic). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

természetű (given, good-tempered, natured, -natured), temperált, vmilyen kedélyű, vmilyen (given, to go in for sg, to impersonate, to thrill), vízzel kevert, megeresztett, megdolgozott, lágyított, kimért (dry, prim, reserved, rigid, severe, stand-off, stiff, stringent, undemonstrative), kevert (combined, impure, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, motley), híg (dilute, extenuate, liquid, tenuous, thin, to grout, washy, weak). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

getap (broken, easily shicked, quick tempered). (various references)

   

Italian

  

temperato (moderate, temperate). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

焼き刃 (tempered blade). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

やきば (crematory, tempered blade). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

부두럽게 하". (various references)

   

Manx

  

tempreit, creoit (hardened, stiffened, toughened). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emperedtay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

temperado (abstemious, genial, seasoned, spicy, temperate). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

focos (ardent, fiery, high-mettled, hot tempered, match, mercurial, passionate, peppery, quick tempered, spirited), amabil (affable, agreeable, amiable, amiably, bland, considerate, courteous, decent, endearing, fair, favorable, favourable, genial, good natured, good tempered, gracious, kind, kindly, lovable, obliging, obligingly, polite, politely, sweet-tempered), blând (benign, bland, Clement, docile, dovelike, easy-tempered, fair, genial, gentle, gently, good hearted, good natured, harmless, lenient, meek, mild, mildly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, placable, silken, soft, steady, sweet, tame, tender, tractable), blajin (benign, easy-tempered, gentle, good natured, good tempered, meek, mild, mildly, placable, sweet), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), cu draci (ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, magged), cu nervi (ill tempered), ţâfnos (arrogant, grumpy, hot tempered, ill tempered, magged, testy), egal (coequal, commensurate, coordinate, equal, equally, even, even tempered, evenly, fellow, identic, identical, level, match, peer, proportionate, regular, smooth, Square, unchangeable, uniform), supãrãcios (cantankerous, cross-grained, huffish, huffy, humoursome, irascible, irritable, liveried, peevish, pettish, scrupulous, short tempered, sour, testy, tetchy, touchy), gata de harţã (bad tempered), irascibil (bilious, cranky, fretful, huffish, irascible, irritable, magged, quick tempered, short tempered, sour, waspy), iute (agile, alert, alive, brisk, expeditious, fast, fleet, fleetingly, hasty, hot, hot tempered, lively, mercurial, merry, nippy, peppered, peppery, piquant, pungent, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rattling, sharp, spanking, speedy, spirited, steep, strong, swift, swiftly, trippingly, violent, warm), iute din fire (quick tempered), morocãnos (adust, crabbed, cross-grained, crusty, grouty, gruff, grumbling, grumbly, grumpish, grumpy, ill tempered, morose, morosely, peevish, snuffy, sour, sulky, sullen, surly, tetchy), nãrãvaş (bad tempered, balky, flighty, restive, restless, unmanageable, vicious), prost dispus (ill disposed, ill tempered, ill-affected, ill-conditioned, ill-humored, ill-humoured, in a bad temper, Moody, mopish), echilibrat (balanced, equable, equal, even tempered, level, level headed, sane, well balanced). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уравновешенный (balanced, even, even tempered, even-minded, even-tempered, good tempered, level, level headed, levelheaded, level-headed, sober minded, sober-minded, well balanced), сварливый (cantankerous, contentious, currish, grumpy, ill tempered, peevish, quarrelsome, shrewish, stroppy, termagant, vixenish), со скверным характером (ill tempered), спокойный (calm, calmer, composed, cool-headed, cosh, douce, easeful, easy, even tempered, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid back, laid-back, level headed, placid, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, settled, sober-blooded, still, tranquil, untroubled), раздражительный (apoplectic, bad tempered, bad-tempered, chippy, choleric, crab, crabbed, crabby, criss cross, crusty, doggish, fractious, fretful, grouty, grumpy, huffish, huffy, irascible, irritable, livery, ornery, peevish, pettish, petulant, quick tempered, quicktempered, rambunctious, rusty, short tempered, snappish, snooty, snuffy, spleenful, splenetic, testy, touchy), с хорошим характером (good tempered), с веселым нравом (good tempered), вспыльчивый (choleric, explosive, fiery, hair-trigger, hasty, hot tempered, hot-blooded, hot-headed, hot-spirited, hot-tempered, inflammable, irascible, ornery, peppery, quick tempered, quicktempered, short tempered, short-tempered, spitfire, testy, wildcat), несдержанный (demonstrative, expansive, incontinent, indiscreet, inordinate, intemperate, short tempered, short-tempered, unkept, unreserved, unrestrained), закалиться (become tempered), запальчивый (quick tempered), злой (bad tempered, bad-tempered, blackhearted, black-hearted, cattish, evil, evil-minded, fractious, ill disposed, ill natured, ornery, puckish, scathing, squinteyed, surly, unkind, vicious, vixenish). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

socharach (easy tempered). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

saobražen temperamentu, pun temperamenta. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

templado (bland, keyed, mild, subdued, temperate, tune, warm). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tempererad (temperate). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ที่มีอารม"์. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ters (acrimonious, adverse, agley, Amiss, awkward, awry, backward, backwards, bad tempered, bloody minded, churlish, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, crabbed, cranky, curt, cussed, dour, face down, fractious, fretful, Froward, frowning, grumpy, ill natured, illegitimate, indecorous, inimical, inverse, inversely, inverted, mis-, negative, off, opposing, opposite, perverse, retro-, reverse, snuffy, sub-, unfavorable, unfavourable, upside down, versed, wayward, wrong, wrongly), kolay sinirlenir (huffish, huffy, inflammable, irascible, short tempered), aksi (adverse, awkward, bad tempered, bilious, bloody minded, cantankerous, contra, contra-, contrary, counter, crabbed, crabby, cross, cross-grained, crosspatch, crotchety, doggish, dour, evil, fractious, fretful, Froward, gruff, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, inverse, negatory, opposite, peevish, perverse, petulant, recalcitrant, refractory, reverse, shirty, snappish, snuffy, spleenful, spleenish, stroppy, stubborn, sullen, surly, tart, testy, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, wrongheaded), asabi (choleric, crusty, hot-blooded, hot-headed, irritable, nervous, prickly, quick tempered, ratty, short tempered, techy, testy, waspish), dengeli (balanced, equable, equal, even, even tempered, level, level headed, stable, well balanced), hırçın (acrimonious, cantankerous, combative, gruff, ill tempered, irritable, peeved, peevish, pettish, pugnacious, shrewish, sour, tetchy, vinegary, vixenish), huylu (bad tempered, natured, spirited), huysuz (acrimonious, as cross as two sticks, bad tempered, bilious, cantankerous, churlish, crabbed, crabby, crank, cranky, cross-grained, crosspatch, crotchety, crusty, cursed, difficult, disagreeable, disgruntled, doggish, farouche, fractious, fretful, gnarled, grouchy, gruff, grumbling, grumpy, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, liverish, mean, Moody, out of humour, out of sorts, peeved, peevish, peppery, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quarrelsome, querulous, ratty, rusty, shirty, snappish, spleenful, spleenish, splenetic, stroppy, sulky, surly, tetchy, thrawn, ugly, untoward, vicious, vixenish, waspish, wildcat, wrongheaded), çabuk sinirlenen (hasty, petulant, prickly, quick tempered, short tempered, swift to anger), kötü huylu (bad tempered, cankered, ill bred, ill disposed, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-affected, ill-humored, ill-humoured, of bad character, perverse, wicked), yumuşak başlı (amenable, blancmange, compliant, docile, dovelike, flexible, flexile, good tempered, kind, meek, obedient, pliable, pliant, soft, toward), mülayim (bland, dovelike, pliable, sweet-natured, sweet-tempered, tender), sâkin (even tempered), sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, sedate, serene, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), sinirli (apoplectic, apoplectical, bristly, choleric, discomposedly, edgy, high strung, hot-blooded, hot-headed, huffish, huffy, ill-conditioned, in a pet, irate, ireful, irritable, jumpy, liverish, mad, nervous, nervy, on edge, out of humor, out of humour, peeved, pissed off, ratty, shirty, short tempered, sinewed, sinewy, spunky, testy, uptight, waxy, wild, wrought up), soğukkanlı (calm, cold blooded, cool, cool-headed, even tempered, imperturbable, nonchalant, unflappable, unperturbed), uysal (accommodating, acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, Clement, compliant, demiss, docile, ductile, easy, easygoing, facile, flexible, flexile, gentle, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, lamblike, malleable, manageable, meek, milky, peaceful, pliant, soft, squeezable, submissive, supple, sweet-tempered, tame, toward, tractable, yielding), iyi huylu (benign, good natured, good tempered, in fine feather, of good character, spleenless, sweet-natured, sweet-tempered, well mannered, well-natured, well-tempered). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

taplanmak (be hardened). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сдержливий, що ма" певний характер, пом'якшений (euphemistic, euphemistical, subdued). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Tempered

LanguageDateSourceExodus Chapter 30, Verse 35
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai poihsousin en autw qumiama mureyikon ergon mureyou memigmenon kaqaron ergon agion
Latin405VulgateFaciesque thymiama conpositum opere unguentarii mixtum diligenter et purum et sanctificatione dignissimum
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thow shalt make the maad ensence with werk of oynement makynge, meyngid bisily, and puyr, and moost worthi with halowyng.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAd make cens of them copounde after the crafte of the apoticarye, myngled together, that it maye be made pure and holye.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
Basic English1964OgdenAnd make from them a perfume, such as is made by the art of the perfume-maker, mixed with salt, and clean and holy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Tempered

LanguageExodus Chapter 30, Verse 35
CebuanoUg magbuhat ka gikan niini ug usa ka incienso nga mahumot, usa ka pahumot nga binuhat sumala sa kahibalo sa magbubuhat sa mga pahumo nga tinimplahan ug asin, lunsay ug balaan.
Croatiansve u jednakim dijelovima, napravi tamjan za kaðenje, smjesu mirodija kakvu pravi pomastar, opranu, èistu, svetu.
Danishog tilbered deraf en krydret Røgelse, som Salveblanderne laver den, saltet, ren, til hellig Brug.
DutchEn gij zult een reukwerk ener zalf daaruit maken, naar het werk des apothekers, gemengd, rein, heilig.
Finnishja tee niistä suitsutus, höystesekoitus, jollaista voiteensekoittaja valmistaa, suolansekainen, puhdas ja pyhä.
FrenchTu feras avec cela un parfum composé selon l`art du parfumeur; il sera salé, pur et saint.
Germanund mache Räuchwerk daraus, nach der Kunst des Salbenbereiters gemengt, daß es rein und heilig sei.
Haitian CreoleW'a fè yon lansan ak yo san ankenn kras ladan l', menm jan moun ki konn fè odè yo fè sa. W'a mete yon ti sèl ladan l', w'a mete l' apa pou mwen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPakailah semua itu untuk membuat dupa campuran yang harum. Tambahkan garam supaya dupa itu tetap murni dan dapat dipakai untuk-Ku.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka hendaklah engkau memperbuatkan dia akan suatu dupa, setuju dengan perbuatan tukang rempah-rempah, bercampur dengan sendawa akan suatu kesucian.
ItalianFarai con essi un profumo da bruciare, una composizione aromatica secondo l'arte del profumiere, salata, pura e santa.
MaoriKa whakaranu ai hei mea kakara, ko ta te kaiwhakaranu e hanga ai, he mea rongoa ki te tote, he mea parakore, he mea tapu:
NorwegianAv det skal du gjøre røkelse, en krydderblanding slik som det gjøres av dem som lager salve, saltet, ren, hellig.
Portuguesee disto farás incenso, um perfume segundo a arte do perfumista, temperado com sal, puro e santo;   
RumanianCu ele sq faci tqmkie, o amestecqturq mirositoare, alcqtuitq dupq mewtewugul fqcqtorului de mir; sq fie sqratq, curatq wi sfkntq.
RussianЙ У"ЕМБК ЙЪ ОЙИ ЙУЛХУУФЧПН УПУФБЧМСАЭЕЗП НБУФЙ ЛХТЙФЕМШОЩК УПУФБЧ, УФЕТФЩК, ЮЙУФЩК, УЧСФЩК,
SpanishHaz con ello el incienso aromático, obra de perfumador, salado, puro y santo.
Swedishoch gör därav rökelse, en konstmässigt beredd blandning, saltad, ren, helig.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Tempered

Derivations

Words ending with "tempered": attempered, distempered, retempered, untempered. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Tempered" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bemporad, membered, temperar. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tempered"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "tempered" (pronounced te"mperd)
4-m p er dhampered, pampered, scampered, tampered, unhampered.
3-p er dleopard, papered, peppered, prospered, Shepherd, tapered, wallpapered, whispered, zippered.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Tempered

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-m-p-r-t"

-1 letter: metered, petered, premeet.

-2 letters: deeper, deperm, meeter, metred, peered, permed, premed, redeem, remeet, teemed, teemer, temped, temper, termed.

-3 letters: deter, emeer, merde, meted, meter, metre, peter, preed, remet, retem, tepee, treed.

-4 letters: deem, deep, deer, deet, deme, dere, derm, dree, epee, meed, meet, mere, mete, peed, peer, perm, pert, pree, rede, reed, rete, teed.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-m-p-r-t"
 

+1 letter: pedometer, permeated, preempted.

 

+2 letters: attempered, pedometers, redemptive, retempered, untempered.

 

+3 letters: depravement, distempered, premeditate, reattempted, speedometer.

 

+4 letters: decipherment, depravements, distemperate, experimented, extemporised, extemporized, predetermine, premeditated, premeditates, premoistened, pretermitted, redemptioner, redeployment, speedometers.

 

+5 letters: decipherments, demultiplexer, interepidemic, pamphleteered, parameterized, predetermined, predeterminer, predetermines, premeditative, redemptioners, redeployments, redevelopment.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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