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What is the adjective for temperaments?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs temper, temperate and tempre which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

tempered
  1. Of one's disposition.
  2. Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
  3. Of something moderated or balanced by other considerations.
  4. (music) Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. hardened, toughened, strengthened, annealed, hard, inured, strong, sturdy, tough, stout, hardy, rugged, accustomed, vigorous, habituated, unbreakable, reinforced, acclimatized, fortified, desensitized, galvanised, cast-iron, hard-bitten, galvanized, familiarized, trained, desensitised, acclimatised, familiarised, case-hardened, robust, durable, firm, solid, indestructible, resistant, sound, long-lasting, imperishable, heavy-duty, resilient, well-built, unyielding, stable, hard-wearing, substantial, secure, enduring, armored, strongly made … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “The tempered metal is very strong yet still workable.”
      “Not surprisingly, idealized constructions of the agora usually begin with a tempered view of how discourse actually functions in the public sphere.”
temperate
  1. Moderate; not excessive
  2. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
  3. Proceeding from temperance.
  4. Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. dispassionate, balanced, reasonable, sensible, measured, moderate, collected, composed, levelheaded, sober, sobersided, unimpassioned, conservative, rational, checked, even, muted, regulated, steady, unexcessive, unextreme, level-headed, even-tempered, sober-minded, abstemious, abstinent, continent, ascetic, austere, abstentious, restrained, disciplined, controlled, teetotal, self-denying, self-abnegating, self-restrained, self-controlled, self-restraining, frugal, spartan, self-disciplined, strict, hair-shirt, abstaining, severe, inhibited, puritanical … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “It resulted in a lucid and temperate study of the subject.”
      “Charlemagne was temperate in his drinking, but voracious in his eating.”
      “Irenius portrays Grey as a gentle and temperate man who resorted to violence in Ireland only because of absolute necessity and the particular demands of circumstance.”
temperamental
  1. (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
  2. Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. variable, volatile, unstable, inconstant, changeable, unpredictable, fickle, fluctuating, inconsistent, unsteady, erratic, capricious, unsettled, fluid, mercurial, changeful, mutable, irregular, uncertain, vacillating, wavering, skittish, flickery, impulsive, flighty, unreliable, protean, whimsical, quicksilver, undependable, kaleidoscopic, excitable, wayward, labile, mobile, irrepressible, movable, flaky, flakey, moody, active, elastic, giddy, bipolar, ever-changing, yo-yo, up-and-down, up and down, up in the air, blowing hot and cold … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It is worth considering paying your suppliers in their local currency to ease the temperamental fluctuations with exchange rates.”
      “The negative impact of a temperamental boss can be balanced out by having a good working relationship with colleagues.”
      “Any mother of more than one child can see temperamental differences in her offspring almost from the moment of birth.”
temperant
  1. temperate, moderate
  2. sober
tempersome
  1. Characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ill-natured, surly, grumpy, irritable, sulky, testy, fractious, grouchy, irascible, cantankerous, crabby, cross, curt, gruff, moody, prickly, sullen, touchy, bilious, bitter, brusque, crabbed, disagreeable, disobliging, dyspeptic, ornery, perverse, petulant, shrewish, splenetic, temperamental, unpleasant, catty, churlish, crotchety, peevish, snippy, tetchy, bearish, cussed, unfriendly, waspish, acid, short, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-humoured, hot-tempered, ill-humored, bloody-minded … more
temperative
  1. Having the power to temper something.
temperable
  1. Capable of being tempered.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The characterization of a temperable mixer manufactured at the Institute for Micro Process Engineering is reported in this contribution.”
      “As part of that, we work with forged materials, bar stock, chilled and temperable special castings.”
      “It is designed to handle soft coatings, low-emission glass, temperable glass, and photovoltaic solar cells, among others.”
tempering
  1. present participle of temper
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moderating, lessening, reducing, mitigating, easing, softening, allaying, assuaging, alleviating, abating, soothing, mollifying, relieving, weakening, calming, palliating, lightening, curbing, restraining, cushioning, cooling, pacifying, qualifying, modifying, modulating, adjusting, toning down, soft-pedalling, soft-pedaling, taking the edge off, taking the bite out of, taking the sting out of, making reasonable, diminishing, decreasing, blunting, dulling, subduing, lowering, deadening, quelling, dampening, checking, relaxing, attenuating, stifling, lulling, slackening, diluting, ebbing … more
temperated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of temperate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. soothed, lessened, diminished, reduced, moderated, allayed, mitigated, softened, abated, calmed, alleviated, tempered, dulled, weakened, decreased, deadened, subdued, lightened, blunted, dampened, damped, attenuated, checked, quelled, curbed, cooled, muffled, mellowed, stifled, smothered, degraded, modulated, muted, tamed, curtailed, cut, minimized, squelched, minimised, balmed, dulcified, toned down, took the edge off, taken the edge off, de-escalated, took the sting out, taken the sting out, smoothed down, cooled off, controlled … more
temperating
  1. present participle of temperate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. soothing, lessening, diminishing, reducing, moderating, allaying, mitigating, softening, abating, calming, alleviating, tempering, dulling, weakening, decreasing, deadening, subduing, lightening, blunting, dampening, damping, attenuating, checking, quelling, curbing, cooling, muffling, mellowing, stifling, smothering, degrading, modulating, muting, taming, curtailing, cutting, minimizing, squelching, minimising, balming, dulcifying, toning down, taking the edge off, de-escalating, taking the sting out, smoothing down, cooling off, controlling, regulating, restraining … more
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