View synonyms for sweet-tempered

sweet-tempered

[ sweet-tem-perd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1625–35

And the days in which a director, even Alfred Hitchcock, can get him for a million are gone the way of the sweet-tempered usher.

Despite his phenomenal singing voice and boyish good looks, Allen is a well-adjusted homebody, who is married and sweet-tempered.

If she is quiet and unobtrusive and sweet-tempered she need not suffer from mortification even if she does not find much to enjoy.

He shook his head with that exasperating stubbornness one occasionally finds in sweet-tempered people.

She was as sweet-tempered as she was pretty, and at last Will Robson made up his mind to marry her if she would take him.

He is very patient and sweet tempered, though he can occasionally be a little sarcastic.

He was sweet-tempered and intelligent and obedient and cheerful, and everything a family dog should be.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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