temper

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Suppose Dan can be coached not to lose his temper?

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Quick take

a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of temper gathered in one view.

noun

a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

noun

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"

noun

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for temper.

noun

a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

noun

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"

noun

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

noun

the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

verb

bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"

verb

harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"

verb

adjust the pitch (of pianos)

verb

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

verb

restrain

Example sentences

Suppose Dan can be coached not to lose his temper?

Oh, please folks, temper your enthusiasm to hang these guys.

One told me that she was not at all respected there, that she had a huge temper, and that I should not have crossed her.

Nobody threatened a temper tantrum if the feature was added to TCP TLS.

" You need to temper any goals you have with maturity and realism.

It seems like a clear-cut case, and concluding "don't build anything for Twitter" is just throwing a temper tantrum.

Fortunately the internet is helping to temper that imbalance.

"If you throw a big enough temper tantrum and incite a large enough shitstorm, developers will address your concerns" is an unfortunate precedent.

Example: The aforementioned push-pull topology where the deadband might have been adequate within a certain temperature range but causing shot-through shorts outside of this range.

In his earlier years, he acknowledges that he sometimes displayed an unsuperhero-like temper and got into occasional trouble with the law for fights and other confrontations.

A typical user is male, in his 30s or 40s, with no interest in technology, a short attention span and temper, low self-esteem with respect to their work, and a preference for the "physical" over anything "abstract".