Meaning of TEMPERED
| Pronunciation: | | 'tempurd
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- [adj] adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
- [adj] made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
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| | Synonyms: | | annealed, baked, burned, burnt, diluted, hardened, moderated, qualified, sunbaked, toned down(p), toughened, treated, tuned |
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| | Antonyms: | | unhardened, untempered | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Tem"pered\, a.
Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such)
a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered
or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.
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