Tempered — synonyms, tempered antonyms, definition

1. tempered (a)

curbed diminished gentle gradual light limited mild moderate modified qualified reserved temperate

2. tempered (Adjective)

hardened toughened treated untempered

tempered (Adjective) — Made hard, flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. ex. "tempered glass" ex. "a sword of tempered steel"

tempered (Adjective) — Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element. ex. "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"

3. tempered (Verb)

annealed chastened moderated mollified normalised normalized seasoned

tempered (Verb) — Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling. ex. "temper glass"

tempered (Verb) — Harden by reheating and cooling in oil. ex. "temper steel"

tempered (Verb) — Adjust the pitch (of pianos).

tempered (Verb) — Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate. ex. "she tempered her criticism"

tempered (Verb) — Restrain.

adjusted altered changed corrected hardened indurated modified set weakened