intemperate

[ in-tem-per-it, -prit ]

/ ɪnˈtɛm pər ɪt, -prɪt /

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adjective

given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.

immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion.

not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled.

extreme in temperature, as climate.

Origin of intemperate

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word intemperātus. See in-³, temperate

OTHER WORDS FROM intemperate

in·tem·per·ate·ly, adverb in·tem·per·ate·ness, noun

Words nearby intemperate

intelligibility, intelligible, intelsat, intemerate, intemperance, intemperate, intend, intendance, intendancy, intendant, intended

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It means “them,” the 18- and 19-year-old volunteers who take on the brunt of our intemperate, accountability-free military policy.

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His conduct is boorish and intemperate; his views are anachronistic and absurd; his moral authority is zilch.

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But in so doing he appeared to be either forgetful of or intemperate towards a sizeable chunk of his own governing coalition.

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He is often intemperate in tone—Morris "heaps deceit upon deceit"—which almost always is a sign of a weak argument.

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Indeed, the Republicans reaction to Immelt's appointment was both unconstructive and intemperate.

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Every one of course expected a contradiction as hot and intemperate as was the accusation.

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By what I gathered from him he had been an inn-keeper, and had become an intemperate man.

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They were not traitors to the Reform cause, and intemperate attacks on them might be disastrous to that cause.

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Intemperate drinking is ever the result of what has been misnamed temperate drinking.

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Then he altered his note, and became as intemperate in his chagrin, as he had been before immoderate in his mirth.

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British Dictionary definitions for intemperate

intemperate

/ (ɪnˈtɛmpərɪt, -prɪt) /

adjective

consuming alcoholic drink habitually or to excess

indulging bodily appetites to excess; immoderate

unrestrained intemperate rage

extreme or severe an intemperate climate

Derived forms of intemperate

intemperance or intemperateness, noun intemperately, adverb

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