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tempered:: | Spocien Dictionary
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criticism tempered with kindly sympathy.
Examples of tempered
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In one sign of tempered economic enthusiasm, safe-haven Treasury debt also rose.
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I get a little short-tempered because I gotta get everything ready for the fair.
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Qualifying thus called for brio tempered by a degree of avoid-the-walls caution.
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Relief is tempered by sheer exhaustion and the difficulties some neighbors face.
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Each of us is tempered through our particular culture and family configurations.
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Everyone deserves a honeymoon period where criticism is tempered by good wishes.
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Other short term policy measures in Britain and New York tempered heavy selling.
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A crack on Big Brown's left front hoof hasn't tempered Dutrow's bravado, either.
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Attorneys say she's arbitrary, inexperienced, indecisive, rude and ill-tempered.
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- Anneal: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
- Pique: a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"
- 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"
- Harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
- A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
- Adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- Temper is the second full-length album by Portland-based musician Benoit Pioulard, released by Kranky on October 14, 2008.
- Temper is a dance music group that was led by Anthony Malloy. Their only chart entry was with the song "No Favors", which hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1984. The song peaked on the U.S. R&B chart at number 64.
- (Tempered (glass)) Toughened or tempered glass is glass that has been processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments to increase its strength compared with normal glass. Tempered glass is made by processes which create balanced internal stresses which give the glass strength. ...
