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tempered

The blacksmith carefully quenches the tempered steel blade.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Adjusted or moderated by adding a counterbalancing element: Describes something, often a quality or statement, that has been made less extreme or severe by mixing it with something else.
    • Made hard, flexible, or resilient, especially by heat treatment: Describes a material, typically metal or glass, that has been treated with heat and/or cooling to improve its physical properties, such as strength or durability.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective (Adjusted/Moderated):
    • The judge's stern verdict was tempered with mercy.
    • Her initial anger was tempered by understanding.
  • Adjective (Heat-treated):
    • For safety, car windows are made from tempered glass.
    • The blade was forged from finely tempered steel.
Advanced Usage
  • "well-tempered": Often used to describe something properly balanced or moderated. In music, it famously refers to a tuning system (e.g., Bach's ).
    • He is known for his well-tempered and fair leadership style.
  • "ill-tempered": A common compound meaning bad-tempered, irritable, or easily angered.
    • The ill-tempered debate yielded no useful results.
Variants and Related Words
  • Temper (verb): The action of moderating or hardening.
    • Temper your enthusiasm with a dose of reality.
    • Blacksmiths temper steel to make it stronger.
  • Temper (noun): A person's state of mind, especially regarding anger.
    • He has a quick temper.
  • Temperament (noun): A person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behavior.
    • She has a calm temperament.
Synonyms
  • Moderated, mitigated, softened, qualified (for the "adjusted" sense).
  • Hardened, strengthened, toughened, annealed (for the "heat-treated" sense).
Antonyms
  • Unmitigated, unalloyed, sheer (for the "adjusted" sense).
  • Untempered, annealed (in specific technical contexts, annealing is a different heat treatment process that softens metal).
Related Phrases
  • "Temper justice with mercy": A common phrase and principle meaning to combine fair judgment with compassion.
    • The court decided to temper justice with mercy in this unique case.
tempered

The blacksmith carefully quenches the tempered steel blade.

Adjective
  1. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
    • criticism tempered with kindly sympathy
  2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
    • a sword of tempered steel
    • tempered glass

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