tempered

/ˈtɛmpərd/

/ˈtɛmpəd/

Other forms: temperedly

Definitions of tempered

1. adjective

   made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
   “a sword of tempered steel”

   “tempered glass”

   synonyms: hardened, toughened, treated

   curable

   capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent

   sunbaked

   baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned

   antonyms:

   untempered

   not brought to a proper consistency or hardness

   brittle, unannealed

   (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
2. adjective

   adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
   “criticism tempered with kindly sympathy”

   antonyms:

   untempered

   not moderated or controlled

   unmoderated

   not made less extreme