TEMPERING Synonyms

• able to control or determine policy

• the act of controlling or directing according to rule

• make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

• adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

• adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

• make correspondent or conformable

• decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim

• go together

• write a harmony for

• sing or play in harmony

• bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously

• bring into consonance or accord

• bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

• make less severe or harsh or extreme

• add a modifier to a constituent

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

• change the key of, in music

• vary the pitch of one's speech

• fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

• adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of

• vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)

• bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling

• gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder

• a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

• censure severely

• change by restraining or moderating

• correct by punishment or discipline

• become hard or harder

• make hard or harder

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• make healthy

• cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

• a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

• the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• the quality of being funny

• (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state

• the liquid parts of the body

• put into a good mood

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

• (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state

• the liquid parts of the body

• the quality of being funny

• the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

• put into a good mood

• an irritable petulant feeling

• excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part

• a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

• the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

• a sudden outburst of anger

• (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation

• the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland

• an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

• unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

• the act of troubling or annoying someone

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• make less rigid or softer

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• the prevailing psychological state

• verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

• become normal or return to its normal state

• make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard

• bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling