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temper

verb
To make or become less severe or extreme: moderate, mute, qualify, soften, subdue, tame, tone down. See increase
noun
  1. A person's customary manner of emotional response: complexion, disposition, humor, nature, temperament. See be
  2. A temporary state of mind or feeling: frame of mind, humor, mood, spirit (used in plural), vein. See feelings
  3. A tendency to become angry or irritable: irascibility, irascibleness, spleen, temperament, tetchiness. Informal: dander. Slang: short fuse. Idiom: low boiling point. See feelings
  4. An angry outburst: fit 2, huff, passion, tantrum. Informal: conniption, conniption fit. See feelings
  5. A prevailing quality, as of thought, behavior, or attitude: climate, mood, spirit, tone. See attitude

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