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[ in-tem-per-it, -prit ] / ɪnˈtɛm pər ɪt, -prɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR intemperate ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegiven to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages. immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion. not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled. extreme in temperature, as climate. Origin of intemperateFirst recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word intemperātus.See in-3, temperate OTHER WORDS FROM intemperatein·tem·per·ate·ly, adverbin·tem·per·ate·ness, nounWords nearby intemperateintelligibility, intelligible, Intelsat, intemerate, intemperance, intemperate, intend, intendance, intendancy, intendant, intended Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for intemperateIt means “them,” the 18- and 19-year-old volunteers who take on the brunt of our intemperate, accountability-free military policy. The 1 Percent Army: Andrew Bacevich on How America Lost the Military|Phil Klay|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST His conduct is boorish and intemperate; his views are anachronistic and absurd; his moral authority is zilch. Remove a Stain on the Supreme Court by Impeaching Justice Scalia|David R. Dow|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST But in so doing he appeared to be either forgetful of or intemperate towards a sizeable chunk of his own governing coalition. Spare a Thought for Bibi’s Medievalists|Daniel Levy|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST He is often intemperate in tone—Morris "heaps deceit upon deceit"—which almost always is a sign of a weak argument. A Response to Daniel Levy|Benny Morris|April 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, the Republicans reaction to Immelt's appointment was both unconstructive and intemperate. Obama's Entrepreneur Problem|Doug Schoen|January 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST Every one of course expected a contradiction as hot and intemperate as was the accusation. The Bronze Eagle|Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy By what I gathered from him he had been an inn-keeper, and had become an intemperate man. Ten Years and Ten Months in Lunatic Asylums in Different States|Moses Swan They were not traitors to the Reform cause, and intemperate attacks on them might be disastrous to that cause. Intemperate drinking is ever the result of what has been misnamed temperate drinking. Select Temperance Tracts|American Tract Society Then he altered his note, and became as intemperate in his chagrin, as he had been before immoderate in his mirth. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Part I.|Tobias Smollett
British Dictionary definitions for intemperate
adjectiveconsuming alcoholic drink habitually or to excess indulging bodily appetites to excess; immoderate unrestrainedintemperate rage extreme or severean intemperate climate Derived forms of intemperateintemperance or intemperateness, nounintemperately, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to intemperateunrestrained, alcoholic, dissipated, drunk, inebriated, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, unbridled |