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untempering

untempering is the present participle and gerund of untemper.

Meaning of untemper

Verb

untemper (third-person singular simple present untempers, present participle untempering, simple past and past participle untempered)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of temper
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to make soft.
    • untemper courage

Questions about untempering

What is untempering the present participle and gerund of?
Untempering is the present participle and gerund of untemper.

Words near untempering in the dictionary

  1. untemperamental
  2. untemperate
  3. untemperately
  4. untemperateness
  5. untempered
  6. untempering
  7. untempers
  8. untempested
  9. untempestuous
  10. untemplated
  11. untempled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untempering (page history and authors); untemper (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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