Verb

• S: (v) anneal, temper, normalize (bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling) "temper glass"
• S: (v) temper, harden (harden by reheating and cooling in oil) "temper steel"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme) "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
• S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) temper (adjust the pitch (of pianos))
• S: (v) temper, season, mollify, moderate (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else) "she tempered her criticism"
• S: (v) chasten, temper (change by restraining or moderating)

Adjective

• S: (adj) tempered, treated, hardened, toughened (made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment) "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
• similar to
• antonym
• S: (adj) tempered (adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element) "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
• antonym