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Intemperate

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Adjective

1. intemperate

(of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes

Example Sentences:
'an intemperate climate'
'intemperate zones'

2. intemperate

excessive in behavior

Example Sentences:
'intemperate rage'

3. hard, heavy, intemperate

given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

Example Sentences:
'a hard drinker'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Intemperate

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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. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Intemperate

see synonyms of intemperate
adjective
1. 
not temperate
; specif.,
a. 
not moderate; lacking restraint; excessive
b. 
severe or violent; inclement
an intemperate wind
2. 
drinking too much alcoholic liquor

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Intemperate

see synonyms of intemperate
adj.
1. Not temperate or moderate, especially in rhetoric or tone; unrestrained: an intemperate denunciation. See Synonyms at excessive.
2. Given to excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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