“When I was a kid I used to have temper tantrums on the basketball court,” he says.
He is said to have received a warning from the overall al Qaeda organization to temper his videos.
Again, the Israeli temper is hot and quick, sometimes reason becomes blinded and emotions take control.
She placidly tells people she is dreaming until her frantic father finds her again and loses his temper.
He killed his own son and heir by whacking him over the head with the monarchal staff in a tsar-ish fit of temper.
She is to be pitied—she cannot either like or dislike with temper!
We all, indeed, once thought your temper soft and amiable: but why was it?
"Never mind, brother," replied the good Deacon, recovering his temper.
If she was in a good temper, she was in a good temper; if she was in a bad temper, why there she was, she and her temper!
It was no wonder, especially when he saw who the singer was, that he should lose his temper.
late Old English temprian "to bring to a proper or suitable state, to modify some excessive quality, to restrain within due limits," from Latin temperare "to mix correctly, moderate, regulate, blend," usually described as from tempus "time, season" (see temporal), with a sense of "proper time or season," but the sense history is obscure. Meaning "to make (steel) hard and elastic" is from late 14c. Sense of "to tune the pitch of a musical instrument" is recorded from c.1300. Related: Tempered; tempering.
late 14c., "due proportion of elements or qualities," from temper (v.). The sense of "characteristic state of mind" is first recorded 1590s; that of "calm state of mind" in c.1600; and that of "angry state of mind" (for bad temper) in 1828. Meaning "degree of hardness and resiliency in steel" is from late 15c.
temper tem·per (těm'pər)
n.
A state of mind or emotions; mood.
A tendency to become easily angry or irritable.
An outburst of rage.
