Intemperate

adj, verb

adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To put into disorder. obsolete, transitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking moderation, temper or control.

    "intemperate language"

  2. 2
    Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
Adjective
  1. 1
    given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors wordnet
  2. 2
    excessive in behavior wordnet
  3. 3
    (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
indulgenta bit muchabandonedacuteall-devouringapician

Example

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"Constantine engaged himself, by a solemn promise, to deliver Italy from the Goths; advanced as far as the banks of the Po; and after alarming, rather than assisting, his pusillanimous ally, hastily returned to the palace of Arles, to celebrate, with intemperate luxury, his vain and ostentatious triumph."

Etymology

From in- + temperate.

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