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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | tempered, treated, hardened, toughened | Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment |
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| 2 | tempered | Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element |
| Sounds | teh'mperd |
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| Rhymes | Abelard, absurd, acquired, and 275 more rhymes in erd... |
| Meaning | Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. |
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| Examples | "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass" |
| Synonyms | treated, hardened, toughened |
| Contrary | untempered, unhardened |
| Similar | annealed; baked, burned, burnt; curable; sunbaked |
| Meaning | Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element. |
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| Examples | "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy" |
| Contrary | untempered |
| Similar | diluted, toned down; moderated, qualified; tuned |
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