intemperate
pronunciation
How to pronounce intemperate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtempərət]
How to pronounce intemperate in American English:
US [ɪnˈtɛmpərɪt, -prɪt]
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- Adjective:
- (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes
- excessive in behavior
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
Word Origin
- intemperate (adj.)
- "characterized by excessive indulgence in a passion or appetite," late 14c., from Latin intemperatus "untempered, inclement, immoderate," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + temperantia (see temperance). Related: Intemperately.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The governor said he would not be provoked into intemperate action .
- 2. His attack on traditional family life was so intemperate that everything they most valued seemed trampled on .
- 3. Was it " intemperate " to suggest before argentina 's collapse that its currency board had outlived its usefulness ?
- 4. But , population increasing sharply and intemperate mining to nature have led to the enormous destruction to the species and the ecosystem , even have brought the total destruction .
- 5. In an intemperate article last year , gregory clark of the university of california , davis , described these numbers as " fictions , as real as the relics peddled around europe in the middle ages " .