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intemperate

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[ UK /ɪntˈɛmpəɹət/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈtɛmpɝət/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
    a hard drinker
  2. excessive in behavior
    intemperate rage
  3. (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes
    an intemperate climate
    intemperate zones

How To Use intemperate In A Sentence

  • Where the Sumerian tale presents the deluge as the work of an intemperate overlord whose attitude to humanity is far from benevolent, whose might may not be right, and offers an ethical opposition to him in figure of a merciful intercessor, the Biblical tale ultimately sanctions the genocidal destruction of most of humanity by ascribing it to a God whose wisdom, justice and mercy are presented as unquestionable. Creative Control - Part 4
  • However indignant and hotheaded he might appear, his intemperateness could rapidly be defused by humor or kindness. Storyteller
  • No one likes receiving emotional, intemperate outbursts, even from people who think they have been wrongly accused.
  • This website cleverly lifted one intemperate remark by a well-respected scientist and all of you are commenting on it as if this remark is the sum total of his arguments. Think Progress » Leading Climate Skeptic Compares Gore to Hitler
  • For if the ruler is intemperate and unjust, how can he rule well?
  • Such a fear, I think, is bad for academic institutions, and will ultimately harm them more than the occasional intemperate criticisms would.
  • A Department of Education spokesman said: ‘I think we are all used to intemperate remarks at the Easter conferences.’
  • intemperate zones
  • It was an intemperate outburst, but even as he stamped out of the room with a dark glower, his inquisitors were breaking into smiles.
  • It was an intemperate outburst, but even as he stamped out of the room with a dark glower, his inquisitors were breaking into smiles.
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