1
[ adjective ] made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

Synonyms

hardened toughened treated

Examples

"a sword of tempered steel" "tempered glass"

Related terms

untempered baked curable sunbaked annealed

2
[ adjective ] adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element

Examples

"criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"

Related terms

untempered moderated tuned diluted

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Rhymes with

tapered peppered pampered leopard shepherd shepard unhampered whispered whispered

Phonetic and Homophones

T EH1 M P ER0 D

Similar Spelling

temper temperature temperate temperance tempera temporize temporise tempering Tempra tampere tempura temperately temperament temporal

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