Synonyms of the word

temper

• n. A tendency to be of a certain type of mood.
• n. State of mind.
• n. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture…
• n. (obsolete) Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler,…
• n. The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone…
• n. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
• n. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating…
• n. Middle state or course; mean; medium.
• n. (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used…
• v. To moderate or control.
• v. To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
• v. To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
• v. To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
• v. (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
• v. (obsolete, Latinism) To govern; to manage.
• v. (archaic) To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
• v. (archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element;…
• v. (obsolete) To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

adjust

• v. (transitive) To modify.
• v. (transitive) To improve or rectify.
• v. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
• v. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

anneal

• v. (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further…
• v. (figuratively) To strengthen or harden.
• n. (chemistry, metallurgy) An act of annealing.

annoyance

• n. (countable) That which annoys.
• n. (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
• n. (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

biliousness

• n. The state of being bilious.

chafe

• n. Heat excited by friction.
• n. Injury or wear caused by friction.
• n. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
• n. (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
• v. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
• v. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
• v. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
• v. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
• v. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
• v. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

chasten

• v. To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate.
• v. To make chaste; to purify.
• v. To punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement; to discipline.
• v. To render humble or restrained.

correct

• adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
• adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
• v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

elasticity

• n. (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions…
• n. (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
• n. The quality of being elastic.
• n. Adaptability.

feeling

• adj. Emotionally sensitive.
• adj. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
• n. Sensation, particularly through the skin.
• n. Emotion; impression.
• n. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
• n. (always in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.
• n. Intuition.
• n. An opinion, an attitude.
• v. present participle of feel.

harden

• v. (intransitive) To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
• v. (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
• v. (transitive, dated) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
• v. (phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis.

humor

• n. American spelling of humour.
• v. American spelling of humour.

humour

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
• n. (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by…
• n. (archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of…
• n. (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
• n. (obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
• v. (transitive) To pacify by indulging.

irritability

• n. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
• n. (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to…
• n. (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to…

irritation

• n. The act of irritating or annoying.
• n. The state of being irritated.
• n. The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition…
• n. A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which…

moderate

• adj. Not excessive; acting in moderation.
• adj. Mediocre.
• adj. Average priced; standard-deal.
• adj. Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
• adj. (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
• n. One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
• v. (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become less excessive.
• v. (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

mollify

• v. To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.
• v. To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.
• v. To soften; to make tender.

mood

• n. A mental or emotional state, composure.
• n. A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
• n. A disposition to do something.
• n. A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.
• n. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) Courage, heart, valor, ; also vim and vigor.
• n. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish,…

normalize

• v. (transitive) To make normal, to make standard.
• v. (transitive) To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
• v. (transitive, statistics) To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
• v. (rail transport, transitive) To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
• v. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
• v. (transitive, computing, databases) To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for…
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.

peevishness

• n. The state of being peevish.

pettishness

• n. The state of being pettish; peevishness, irritability.

pique

• n. A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
• n. A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken…
• n. (obsolete) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
• v. (transitive) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to excite to anger.
• v. (reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
• v. (transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling,…
• n. In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts…
• n. A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.
• n. A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.

season

• n. Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.
• n. A part of a year when something particular happens.
• n. (obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.
• n. (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
• n. (Canada, US, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals…
• n. (obsolete) An extended, undefined period of time.
• v. (transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
• v. (transitive) To make fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure.
• v. (transitive) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
• v. (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
• v. (intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with…
• v. (obsolete) To copulate with; to impregnate.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

snap

• n. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
• n. A sudden break.
• n. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
• n. The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together…
• n. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
• n. A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot).
• n. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
• n. A thin circular cookie or similar good.
• n. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
• n. A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be…
• n. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
• n. (American football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
• n. (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
• n. (Britain, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
• n. (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching…
• n. (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
• n. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement;…
• n. briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
• n. (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily…
• n. (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
• n. A snapper, or snap beetle.
• n. (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed…
• n. A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
• n. (colloquial) Something of no value.
• n. A visual message sent on the application Snapchat.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
• v. (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
• v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
• v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
• v. (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
• v. (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
• v. (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
• v. (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
• v. (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
• v. (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
• v. (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
• v. (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
• v. (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
• v. (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound.
• v. (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
• v. (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing…
• v. (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
• v. (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
• v. (transitive, American football) To put the ball in play by passing it from the center to a back; to hike…
• v. To misfire.
• v. (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
• interj. The winning cry at a game of snap.
• interj. (Britain) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar.
• interj. (Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
• interj. (Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement…
• interj. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly…
• adj. (informal) Done, performed, made, etc. quickly and without deliberation.

snappishness

• n. The quality of being snappish.

surliness

• n. The property of being surly.

toughen

• v. (transitive) To make tough.
• v. (intransitive) To become tough.

toughness

• n. (uncountable) The state of being tough.
• n. (physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed.
• n. A formidable difficulty.

vexation

• n. The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
• n. The state of being vexed or irritated.

weaken

• v. (transitive) To make weaker.
• v. (intransitive) To become weaker.