English adjective: tempered | |||
1. | tempered made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment | ||
Samples | A sword of tempered steel. Tempered glass. | ||
Synonyms | hardened, toughened, treated | ||
Similar | curable, sunbaked | ||
Antonyms | unhardened, untempered | ||
2. | tempered adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element | ||
Samples | Criticism tempered with kindly sympathy. | ||
Antonyms | untempered | ||