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Definitions for intemperate
ɪnˈtɛm pər ɪt, -prɪtin·tem·per·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
intemperateadjective
(of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes
"an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"
intemperateadjective
excessive in behavior
"intemperate rage"
intemperate, hard, heavyadjective
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
"a hard drinker"
Wiktionary
intemperateverb
To disorder.
intemperateadjective
Lacking moderation, temper or control
Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car - The Week, 14 April 2007, 609, 4.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
INTEMPERATEadjective
Etymology: intemperant, Fr. intemperatus, Latin.
More women should die than men, if the number of burials answered in proportion to that of sicknesses; but men, being more intemperate than women, die as much by reason of their vices, as women do by the infirmity of their sex. John Graunt.
Notwithstanding all their talk of reason and philosophy, and those unanswerable doubts, which, over their cups or their coffee, they pretend to have against Christianity; persuade but the covetous man not to deify his money, the intemperate man to abandon his revels, and I dare undertake that all their giantlike objections shall vanish. South.
You are more intemperate in your blood
Than those pamper'd animals,
That rage in savage sensuality. William Shakespeare.Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing; for therein is the word of sin. Ecclus. xxiii. 13.
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intemperate
Intemperate refers to a lack of moderation or restraint, often involving extreme or excessive behaviour. It is typically used to describe someone who has excessive consumption of alcohol or shows violent, unrestrained behavior or language.
Webster Dictionary
Intemperateadjective
indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion
Intemperateadjective
specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors
Intemperateadjective
excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather
Intemperateverb
to disorder
Etymology: [L. intemperatus. See In- not, and Temperate.]
Anagrams for intemperate »
impenetrate
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intemperate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of intemperate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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