even-tempered en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Remaining calm even in situations that would cause many others to become angry, frustrated, panicky, etc.
If you just want to hear beautiful music, this album is delightful. It is in the same general style of the Paul Winter Consort and the albums from Windham Hill, being lovely, even-tempered but not dispassionate music which stimulates relaxation and thoughtfulness.
1984 December 15, Maida Tilchen, “Women's Music Goes Global”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 8:Who has not known some even-tempered old man or woman who seemed to have drunk of the fountain of youth?
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most even-tempered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more even-tempered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
quick-tempered · hot-tempered · short-tempered
Synonyms
level-headed · cool-headed · pacate · tranquil · equanimous · collected · phlegmatic · calm · even-keeled · even-minded · unexcitable · placid · serene · unflappable · unperturbable · unflustered · cool-headed · relaxed · steady · even-keeled · composed · even-tempered · quiescent · unfazed · quiet · equanimitable · roolie · laid-back · untumultuous · equable · imperturbable · unruffled · peaceful · mellow · sedate · unruffable · still · peaceable · unexcited · pacific
Translations (4)
hu higgadt (remaining calm even where others don't) · bg уравновесен (remaining calm even where others don't) · fi lauhkealuonteinen (remaining calm even where others don't) · ga réidh (remaining calm even where others don't)