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  2. INTEMPERATE definition: 1. showing anger or violence that is too extreme and not well controlled: 2. showing anger or…. Learn more.

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      INTEMPERATE translate: (人或其言行)無節制的,過激的,放縱的. Learn more in...

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      INTELLIGIBLE definition: 1. (of speech and writing) clear...

  3. Intemperate means "not well tempered "—in other words, not well mixed or balanced. The word comes from Latin intemperatus, a combination of in- and the verb temperare, meaning "to temper" or "to mix."

  4. adjective. consuming alcoholic drink habitually or to excess. indulging bodily appetites to excess; immoderate. unrestrained. intemperate rage. extreme or severe. an intemperate climate.

  5. When you are intemperate, you are not doing things in moderation; you lack self-control. It's often a word used when describing the tendency someone has to indulge excessively in liquor. An alcoholic is intemperate — overindulging and depending on alcohol.

  6. If you describe someone's words as intemperate, you are critical of them because they are too forceful and uncontrolled.

  7. adj. 1. consuming alcoholic drink habitually or to excess. 2. indulging bodily appetites to excess; immoderate. 3. unrestrained: intemperate rage. 4. (Physical Geography) extreme or severe: an intemperate climate. inˈtemperance, inˈtemperatenessn. inˈtemperatelyadv.

  8. intemperate. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English in‧tem‧per‧ate /ɪnˈtempərət/ adjective formal 1 intemperate language or behaviour shows a lack of control, which other people think is unacceptable the judge’s intemperate outburst 2 regularly drinking too much alcohol —intemperance noun [uncountable] Examples from the ...

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