Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 25 compound words that contain temper. The most common are listed below. Open temper in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- lose one's temperTo become angry or annoyed.
- temper of the timesSynonym of zeitgeist: Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist.
- temper foamMemory foam.
- temper temperUsed to tell someone to mind their (bad) temper
- temper tantrumAny fit of bad temper, especially kicking, screaming or deliberately holding the breath.
- temper tantrumsplural of temper tantrum: Any fit of bad temper, especially kicking, screaming or deliberately holding the breath.
- short temperThe personality trait of being quick to anger.
- bad temperSynonym of ill humor.
- temper screwA screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drilling jar at each stroke.
- temper screwsplural of temper screw: A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drilling jar at each stroke.
- out of temperNot in good temper; irritated; angry.
- keep one's temperTo remain calm; to avoid becoming angry or annoyed.
- keeping one's temperpresent participle and gerund of keep one's temper
- keeps one's temperthird-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's temper: To remain calm; to avoid becoming angry or annoyed.
- kept one's tempersimple past and past participle of keep one's temper
- loses one's temperthird-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's temper: To become angry or annoyed.
- losing one's temperpresent participle and gerund of lose one's temper
- lost one's tempersimple past and past participle of lose one's temper
- temper tantraplural of temper tantrum: Any fit of bad temper, especially kicking, screaming or deliberately holding the breath.
- temper-tantrumyHaving or tending to have a temper tantrum.
Compound words 25
- temperanceHabitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.
- tempermentMisconstruction of temperament.
- temperlessUntempered.
- temperishPeevish; cross.
- mistemperTo temper (something) ill; to disorder.
- temperableCapable of being tempered.
- tempersomeCharacterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody.
- untemperTo deprive of temper
- austemperTo harden (a metal) and produce a stronger microstructure by heating it into the austenite region and then immediately quenching and removing any bainite and ausferrite.
- martemperTo subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.