Thesaurus / temper
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He could be moody and irritable in the best of times, but now it was ratcheted up to new levels of intensity, and it seemed like I was often bearing the brunt of his foul temper.
WHEN YOUR FATHER FALLS APARTEUGENE ROBINSONDECEMBER 23, 2020OZYJaMarcus had always been slow to anger, but DeArthur noticed he was developing a temper.
FOR YEARS, JAMARCUS CREWS TRIED TO GET A NEW KIDNEY, BUT CORPORATE HEALTHCARE STOOD IN THE WAYBY LIZZIE PRESSERDECEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICAIt felt like really bad parenting — your child threw a temper tantrum and you gave him the cake just to shut him up.
UNDECIDED, WITH JUST A WEEK TO GONICK FOURIEZOSOCTOBER 27, 2020OZYHe had a temper we couldn’t predict, but in the afternoons, the two of us could spend hours exploring the world inside his parking lot.
FICTION: QUIET EARTH PHILOSOPHYKATIE MCLEANOCTOBER 21, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWI can’t rationalize as much as I want to why I was a yeller or continue to have a bad temper.
MOMOFUKU’S DAVID CHANG ON THE BIG CHANGES THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY NEEDS TO MAKE TO SURVIVEBETH KOWITTSEPTEMBER 14, 2020FORTUNEThe Marshals were inclined to attribute their disgrace to the ill-will of Berthier and not to the temper of Napoleon.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONBut he marred it all by a temper so ungovernable that in Paris there was current a byword, "Explosive as Garnache."
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIIf any one has lost his temper, as well as his money, he takes good care not to show it; to do so here would be indeed bad form.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSVictor was the younger son and brother—a tete montee, with a temper which invited violence and a will which no ax could break.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINAll these exhibitions of temper and anger result from what I have pointed out to your Majesty in many other letters.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO TEMPER
- air
- character
- complexion
- difference
- discreteness
- disposition
- dissimilarity
- distinction
- distinctiveness
- eccentricity
- habit
- humor
- identity
- idiosyncrasy
- independence
- individualism
- ipseity
- makeup
- manner
- nature
- oddity
- oneness
- originality
- peculiarity
- rarity
- seity
- selfdom
- selfhood
- selfness
- separateness
- singleness
- singularity
- singularness
- temper
- temperament
- uniqueness
- unity
- unlikeness
- way
- affection
- affectivity
- agony
- anger
- animation
- ardor
- dedication
- devotion
- distress
- dolor
- eagerness
- ecstasy
- excitement
- feeling
- fervor
- fire
- fit
- flare-up
- frenzy
- fury
- heat
- hurrah
- indignation
- intensity
- ire
- joy
- misery
- outbreak
- outburst
- paroxysm
- rage
- rapture
- resentment
- sentiment
- spirit
- storm
- suffering
- temper
- transport
- vehemence
- warmth
- wrath
- zeal
- zest
- air
- animation
- ardor
- backbone
- boldness
- bounce
- breath
- brio
- character
- complexion
- courage
- dash
- dauntlessness
- disposition
- earnestness
- energy
- enterprise
- enthusiasm
- esprit
- essence
- fire
- force
- frame of mind
- gameness
- grit
- guts
- heart
- humor
- jazz
- life
- life force
- liveliness
- mettle
- mood
- morale
- motivation
- nerve
- oomph
- outlook
- psyche
- quality
- resolution
- resolve
- sparkle
- spunk
- stoutheartedness
- substance
- temper
- temperament
- tenor
- verve
- vigor
- vim
- vital spark
- vitality
- vivaciousness
- vivacity
- warmth
- will
- willpower
- zest
- zip
- élan
- acerbity
- acrimony
- agitation
- animosity
- apoplexy
- asperity
- bitterness
- blowup
- bluster
- choler
- convulsion
- dander
- eruption
- exasperation
- excitement
- explosion
- ferment
- ferocity
- fireworks
- frenzy
- furor
- fury
- gall
- heat
- hemorrhage
- huff
- hysterics
- indignation
- ire
- irritation
- madness
- mania
- obsession
- outburst
- paroxysm
- passion
- rampage
- raving
- resentment
- spasm
- spleen
- squall
- storm
- tantrum
- temper
- umbrage
- uproar
- upset
- vehemence
- violence
- wingding
- wrath
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