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intemperate

[ in-tem-per-it, -prit ]

adjective

  1. given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
  2. immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion.
  3. not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled.
  4. extreme in temperature, as climate.


intemperate

/ -prɪt; ɪnˈtɛmpərɪt /

adjective

  1. consuming alcoholic drink habitually or to excess
  2. indulging bodily appetites to excess; immoderate
  3. unrestrained

    intemperate rage

  4. extreme or severe

    an intemperate climate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • inˈtemperately, adverb
  • inˈtemperance, noun
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Other Words From

  • in·temper·ate·ly adverb
  • in·temper·ate·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intemperate1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word intemperātus. See in- 3, temperate
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Example Sentences

For that we have Dmitry Rogozin—an intemperate man in what demands to be a temperate business—to blame.

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Nevertheless, some progressives who want action now are in favor of this option, ignoring the risk of intemperate use of power down the line.

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It means “them,” the 18- and 19-year-old volunteers who take on the brunt of our intemperate, accountability-free military policy.

His conduct is boorish and intemperate; his views are anachronistic and absurd; his moral authority is zilch.

But in so doing he appeared to be either forgetful of or intemperate towards a sizeable chunk of his own governing coalition.

He is often intemperate in tone—Morris "heaps deceit upon deceit"—which almost always is a sign of a weak argument.

Such intemperate exchanges will hardly count as edifying but they may, alas, be unavoidable.

But Griffith was not so intemperate as most squires; he could always mount the stairs to tea, and generally without staggering.

And yet the older artist's natural disposition was congenial to that of the younger one, only intemperate habits had vitiated it.

With my temper and some of my associations, intemperate profanity's been the easiest thing in the world to fall into.

Not so in the interior of the country, where the whites are remarkable for intemperate drinking.

She expressed the most poignant anguish for having indulged such unjust suspicions and intemperate passions.

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