attemper
101smooth — adj 1. glassy, glossy, polished, varnished, burnished; sleek, silky, satiny, velvet, fine; delicate, filmy, gossamery, attentuated; greasy, buttery, slippery, slick, icy, oily. 2. even, level, plane, horizontal, flush; flat, unrough, unruffled,… …
102soften — v 1. melt, mellow, touch, move, affect; gentle, meeken, disarm, unman, unnerve, emasculate; win over, conciliate. 2. mollify, tame, smooth down; relax, loosen, slacken; pacify, calm, compose, tranquilize, lull, soothe; appease, Archaic. attemper …
103soothe — v 1. tranquilize, pacify, quiet, sober; placate, conciliate, calm, compose, still, hush; subdue, tame, settle; relieve, ease, heal, comfort, console, solace; relax, refresh, restore; cheer, hearten, gladden, reassure. 2. mitigate, moderate,… …
104temper — n 1. disposition, temperament, constitution, state or frame of mind, mood, spirits, humor; nature, condition, vein, tone, tenor, grain, type, character, spirit. 2. ill humor, petulance, peevishness, irritability, huf fishness, churlishness,… …
105attemperament — p(ə)rəmənt noun ( s) Etymology: from attemper, after English temper: temperament archaic : a mixing in proper proportion …
106attempered — attemˈpered adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑attemper …
107dis|prais´ing|ly — dis|praise «dihs PRAYZ», verb. praised, prais|ing. noun. –v.t. to express disapproval of; speak against; blame. SYNONYM(S): censure. –n. the expression of disapproval; blame: »In praise and in dispraise the same, A man of well attemper d frame ( …
108dis|prais´er — dis|praise «dihs PRAYZ», verb. praised, prais|ing. noun. –v.t. to express disapproval of; speak against; blame. SYNONYM(S): censure. –n. the expression of disapproval; blame: »In praise and in dispraise the same, A man of well attemper d frame ( …
109dis|praise — «dihs PRAYZ», verb. praised, prais|ing. noun. –v.t. to express disapproval of; speak against; blame. SYNONYM(S): censure. –n. the expression of disapproval; blame: »In praise and in dispraise the same, A man of well attemper d frame ( …
110adtemper — obs. variant of attemper …
