intemperate
intemperate adjective: lacking moderation, temper or control.
Adjective
intemperate (comparative more intemperate, superlative most intemperate)
- Lacking moderation, temper or control.
- intemperate language
- intemperate zeal
- Synonyms:
- immoderate, unrestrained, devilish, excessive, horrendous, de trop, extravagant, extreme, lavish, nimious
- Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
- Synonyms:
- self-indulgent, voluptuary, Babylonian, decadent, epicureal, epicurean, epicureous, epicurish, hedonic, hedonistic
Verb
intemperate (third-person singular simple present intemperates, present participle intemperating, simple past and past participle intemperated)
- To put into disorder.
intemperate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
intemperate in Tamil
- மட்டுமீறிய, மட்டமைதியற்ற, மிதமற்ற, கடுமையான, அசாதாரண
intemperate in Urdu
- رندانہ, بے اعتدالی, بلا روک ٹوک
intemperate in Malayalam
- excessive, immoderate, undue
- അമിതാനുഭവ, അതിഭോഗിയായ, ക്രമം കെട്ട, അതിർകടന്ന, മിതസ്വഭാവമില്ലാത്ത, അമിതം
intemperate in Kannada
- ಮಸಗುವ, ಕುಡುಕನಾದ
Synonyms of intemperate
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Forms of intemperate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more intemperate |
| superlative | most intemperate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | intemperates |
| present participle | intemperating |
| past participle | intemperated |
| past | intemperated |
Origin of intemperate
From in- + temperate.
Words formed from intemperate
Questions about intemperate
- What does intemperate mean?
- Intemperate means lacking moderation, temper or control.
- What is intemperate in Tamil?
- Intemperate in Tamil is மட்டுமீறிய, மட்டமைதியற்ற, மிதமற்ற. See Intemperate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intemperate?
- Intemperate can be an adjective or a verb.
Words near intemperate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intemperate (page history and authors); intemperate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intemperate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intemperate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); intemperate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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