About The Word Intemperate
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Intemperate
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What's The Definition Of Intemperate?
[adj] given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
[adj] excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" [adj] (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" Synonyms | Synonyms for Intemperate: big(a) | hard(a) | heavy | heavy(a) | indulgent | uncontrolled | unrestrained | untempered Related Terms | Find terms related to Intemperate: a bit much | abandoned | acute | all-devouring | Apician | bibacious | bibulous | bitter | bolting | boundless | brutal | cramming | crapulent | crapulous | cutting | dissipative | drastic | drunken | easy come | easy go | edacious | egregious | enormous | exaggerated | excessive | exorbitant | extravagant | extreme | fabulous | fancy | fierce | furious | gigantic | glutting | gluttonizing | gluttonous | gobbling | go-go | gorging | great | greedy | gulping | guttling | guzzling | hard | harsh | high | hoggish | hyperbolic | hyperphagic | hypertrophied | immoderate | inclement | incontinent | indulgent | inordinate | insatiable | intense | irrepressible | keen | lavish | lax | licentious | loose | monstrous | nonrestrictive | omnivorous | orgiastic | out of bounds | out of control | out of hand | out of sight | outrageous | overbig | overdeveloped | overgenerous | overgreat | overgrown | overindulgent | overindulging | overlarge | overlavish | overliberal | overmuch | overweening | penny-wise and pound-foolish | permissive | piercing | piggish | polyphagic | pound-foolish | prodigal | profligate | profuse | rampant | rapacious | ravenous | reinless | rigorous | riotous | rough | rugged | self-indulgent | severe | sharp | spendthrift | splitting | steep | stiff | stuffing | swinish | too much | tough | unbridled | unchecked | uncoerced | uncompelled | unconscionable | unconstrained | uncontinent | uncontrolled | uncurbed | undisciplined | undue | unforced | unfrugal | ungoverned | uninhibited | unlimited | unmastered | unmeasured | unmuzzled | unreasonable | unreined | unrepressed | unreserved | unrestrained | unrestrictive | unruly | unsubdued | unsuppressed | untempered | unthrifty | vehement | venomous | violent | virulent | voracious | wanton | wasteful | wild | wolfing See Also | immoderate | inclement | intense Intemperate In Webster's Dictionary \In*tem`per*ate\, a. [L. intemperatus. See {In-}
not, and {Temperate}.]
1. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to
enjoyments or exertion.
2. Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of
alcoholic liquors.
3. Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate;
as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.
Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst.
--Milton.
Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. --Ecclus.
xxiii. 13.
\In*tem`per*ate\, v. t. To disorder. [Obs.] |
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