Word
tempered, adj.
adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
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tempered
sample sentences
"criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
lexical pointers
antonym
untempered
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
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hardened
tempered
toughened
treated
sample sentences
"a sword of tempered steel"
"tempered glass"
lexical pointers
antonym
untempered
semantic pointers
similar to
curable
sunbaked