sweet-tempered

[ sweet-tem-perd ]

/ ˈswitˈtɛm pərd /

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adjective

having a gentle and equable disposition; pleasant.

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Words nearby sweet-tempered

sweet wormwood, sweet-and-sour, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet-talk, sweet-tempered, sweetbread, sweetbrier, sweeten, sweeten the kitty, sweetener

Origin of sweet-tempered

First recorded in 1625–35

OTHER WORDS FROM sweet-tempered

sweet-tem·pered·ness, noun

Example sentences from the Web for sweet-tempered

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.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite his phenomenal singing voice and boyish good looks, Allen is a well-adjusted homebody, who is married and sweet-tempered.
Cashing In on Coming Out|Johanna Piazza|June 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Georgina Hogarth, however, was sweet-tempered and of a motherly disposition.
Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete|Lyndon Orr
She was also full of spirit, while she was right-minded and sweet-tempered.
In the Wilds of Africa|W.H.G. Kingston

"Yet you have a sweet-tempered face, if there is any truth in physiognomy," said her new friend.
Little Golden's Daughter|Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Her youthful adoration of Garcide had changed within a few years to a sweet-tempered indifference.
A Young Man in a Hurry|Robert W. Chambers
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.
A Chapter of Adventures|G. A. Henty