Intemperate Definition

ĭn-tĕmpər-ĭt, -prĭt
adjective
Not temperate or moderate, especially in rhetoric or tone; unrestrained.
An intemperate denunciation.
American Heritage
Not temperate.
Webster's New World
Drinking too much alcoholic liquor.
Webster's New World
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
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Lacking moderation, temper or control.

Intemperate language; intemperate zeal.
Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car - The Week, 14 April 2007, 609, 4.
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verb

(obsolete) To disorder.

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Intemperate Sentence Examples

  • Prisoner was said to be of very intemperate habits.

  • Who is that intemperate and brutal man whom we would redeem?

  • Erasmus never flouted at religion nor even at theology as such, but only at blind and intemperate theologians.

  • Notwithstanding some rumours of violence it is probable that his death was natural and due to his own intemperate habits.

  • Application of such words to a rate of increase of 1% per annum seems somewhat intemperate, even for the New Labor BBC.

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