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Temper

To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.

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Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Annoyance 76% connected

The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

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Chafe 76% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Elasticity 76% connected

The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external…

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Feeling 76% connected

of Feel

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Harden 76% connected

To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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Indurate 76% connected

Hardened; not soft; indurated.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Vexation 76% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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Amiability 76% connected

The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

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Distemper 76% connected

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

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Sulk 76% connected

A furrow.

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Sulkiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.

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Harden 74% connected

To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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Harden 74% connected

To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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Humor 74% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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Humor 74% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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Irritation 74% connected

The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…

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Irritation 74% connected

The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…

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Moderator 74% connected

One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.

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Moderator 74% connected

One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.

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Offend 74% connected

To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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Offend 74% connected

To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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Surliness 74% connected

The quality or state of being surly.

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Surliness 74% connected

The quality or state of being surly.

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Synonym 16

Anneal 92% connected

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Biliousness 92% connected

The state of being bilious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chasten 92% connected

To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Harden 92% connected

To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Humor 92% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Humour 92% connected

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Irritability 92% connected

The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Irritation 92% connected

The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moderate 92% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mollify 92% connected

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mood 92% connected

Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peevishness 92% connected

The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pique 92% connected

A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Season 92% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Surliness 92% connected

The quality or state of being surly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Toughness 92% connected

The quality or state of being tough.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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