Temper - Definition

n 1: a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp
firewood" [syn: pique, temper, irritation]
2: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of
feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his
temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" [syn: temper,
mood, humor, humour]
3: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was
well known to all his employees" [syn: temper,
biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness,
snappishness, surliness]
4: the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to
absorb considerable energy before cracking [syn: temper,
toughness]
v 1: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a
process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
[syn: anneal, temper, normalize]
2: harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" [syn:
temper, harden]
3: adjust the pitch (of pianos)
4: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" [syn:
temper, season, mollify]
5: restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper]