tempers

Noun

• a sudden outburst of anger
• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
• a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
• the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
• plural of temper

Verb

• bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
• harden by reheating and cooling in oil
• adjust the pitch (of pianos)
• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
• restrain
• third-person singular simple present indicative of temper

Synonyms

anneal, biliousness, chasten, harden, humor, humour, irritability, irritation, moderate, mollify, mood, normalize, peevishness, pettishness, pique, season, snappishness, surliness, temper, toughness