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It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late he's always the same fellow. Always good-tempered, always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!
Kenneth Grahame

Meaning of "good-tempered" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GOOD-TEMPERED

good-tempered play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOOD-TEMPERED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Good-Tempered is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GOOD-TEMPERED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of good-tempered in the English dictionary

The definition of good-tempered in the dictionary is of a kindly and generous disposition.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOOD-TEMPERED

good-for-nothing
good-hearted
good-heartedness
good-humoured
good-humouredly
good-humouredness
good-looker
good-looking
good-natured
good-naturedly
good-naturedness
good-o
good-oh
good-sized
good-time
good-time girl
goodbye
goodfaced
goodfellow
goodfellowship

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOOD-TEMPERED

bad-tempered
considered
even-tempered
foul-tempered
hot-tempered
ill-tempered
kippered
pampered
quick-tempered
sharp-tempered
short-tempered
slippered
sweet-tempered
tapered
tempered
undistempered
unhampered
unpampered
untempered
well-tempered
zippered

Synonyms and antonyms of good-tempered in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «good-tempered» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOOD-TEMPERED

Find out the translation of good-tempered to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of good-tempered from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «good-tempered» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

好脾气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- buen carácter
570 millions of speakers

English

good-tempered
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अच्छे स्वभाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حسن خفف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хорошо темперированный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bem-humorado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনিনি্দতচরিত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de caractère égal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baik-baik saja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gutmütig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

良い強化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

좋은 강화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apik banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dể chịu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நல்ல மனமுடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चांगले-थेंब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumuşak başlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bonario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dobry - hartowanego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

добре темперований
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bine - temperat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καλή θερμική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goeie geaardheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

godmodig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

good- herdet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of good-tempered

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOOD-TEMPERED»

The term «good-tempered» is regularly used and occupies the 87.726 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOOD-TEMPERED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about good-tempered

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QUOTES WITH «GOOD-TEMPERED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word good-tempered.
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Kenneth Grahame
It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late he's always the same fellow. Always good-tempered, always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOOD-TEMPERED»

Discover the use of good-tempered in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to good-tempered and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Good Tempered Food: Recipes to Love, Leave, and Linger Over
A selection of simple but satisfying dishes celebrates the pleasures of cooking--and eating--with 188 recipes, ranging from Baked Cod with Greek Potatoes to Chocolate Mocha Cake with Irish Whiskey, that emphasize advanced preparation and ...
Tamasin Day-Lewis, 2004
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The Australian Journal: A Weekly Record of Literature, ...
Another warm ; a few more inquiries about sheep generally ; and, still good- tempered, but still distressingly 'cute, Mr. Fleece did come to the point. " Well, Mr. Calverly, I enjoy these little pleasant chats, but business, you know, is business, ...
‎1873
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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences
He reported that females averaged a milder personality than males and that temperament ran in families. When both parents were good-tempered, 30 percent of the children were good-tempered and 10 percent bad-tempered, the remaining ...
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Sophie von Stumm, Adrian Furnham, 2011
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The Game of Logic
Or some y are x', and some y' are x. i.e. Some green-eyed cats are bad-tempered, and some, that have not green eyes, are good-tempered. Or, some good- tempered cats have not green eyes, and some bad-tempered ones have green eyes.
Lewis Carroll, 1958
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Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic
Or, some y are x, and some y' are x. i. e. Some green-eyed cats are had- tempered, and some, that have not green eyes, are good-tempered. Or, some good-tempered cats have not green eyes, and some had-tempered ones have green eyes.
Lewis Carroll, 1958
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Miscellaneous Pieces (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
Or some y are x', and some y' are x. i.e. Some green-eyed cats are bad-tempered, and some, that have not green eyes, are good- tempered. Or, some good- tempered cats have not green eyes, and some bad-tempered ones have green eyes.
Lewis Carroll, 2008
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Punch's pocket book for 1844 (-1881).
From choosing packs of cards to selecting packs of foxhounds, there is never an alternative : his choice is one of Hobson's : he's so good-tempered a fellow that, whatever may be asked of him, he cannot choose but do it. But it is not on his time ...
8
Justice in Love
Aristotle then goes on to say that the good-tempered man is “the man who is angry at the right things and with the right people, and further, as he ought, when he ought, and as long as he ought” (1125b 31-32). For the good-tempered man ...
Nicholas Wolterstorff, 2011
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Questions and Answers in Lethal and Non-Lethal Violence
Even under the law as it stands, a bad-tempered man may be entitled to be acquitted of murder where a good-tempered one may be liable to be convicted. . . . Ever since the time of East the legal requirement has been that the accused should ...
Carolyn R. Block, Richard L. Block, 1994
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H. Richmond's My Young Wife and I Songster
Tl I laughed and treated it all as a. joke, For I'm such a good-tempered man. Ha! ha! ha! Oh, I'm such a good-tempered man. A mob in the street I happened to meet, A hhief with a snatchran away with my watch,' My hat, with surprise “as ...
Harry Oldroyd RICHMOND, 1868

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOOD-TEMPERED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term good-tempered is used in the context of the following news items.
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Glass House: I have discovered the ultimate contraceptive. It's called …
Still, I move into my friend's house, take one look at her chubby, good-tempered, angelic toddler, and think maybe I have always been wrong. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
2
Cooks and Memsahibs: The mistress-slave syndrome in 20th …
... called Hedgehog because he was slow and shambling with hair growing low over his brow but very good-tempered as my mother would say, ... «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
3
Adopt us -- Effingham animal shelter
“She's good-tempered.” The hound-mix may be a Vizsla, which is a type of hunting dog. She shows quite a bit of interest in the cats that are in ... «Savannah Morning News, Jun 15»
4
Midsummer easy entertaining
Good-tempered accompaniments, those that will not wilt or go soggy, are ideal for casual entertaining, and grains and pulses fill the bill even ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
5
Gay dads Matt and Gary Unwin-Riches celebrate their first Father's …
Not only are they beautiful to look at, they're beautifully good-tempered too: placid, happy and, at seven-and-a-half months - new parents, look ... «Cambridge News, Jun 15»
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Father calls son 'ray of sunshine,' says he knew nothing of alleged …
They would play or go to church in Munith, where the good-tempered boy would sit on laps, enjoying the people, laughter and music. «MLive.com, Jun 15»
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Endgame looms for Greek crisis as both sides take debt negotiations …
What started out as good-tempered brinkmanship has turned increasingly sour as negotiations to release desperately needed bailout funds ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
Dogs always seem to be gone too soon
A pretty little German shorthaired pointer, he and his master made a great team, both of them fit, strong and good-tempered. Kash pointed a lot ... «The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Jun 15»
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Woman puts her cat in a crop top to post scathing Amazon review
But this cat is not posing on the front cover of Vogue (as much as we'd love that) - instead the incredibly good-tempered kitty was roped into ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
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Clever novelists know how to write a story. It's the clever-clever ones …
I suppose it kind of tells a story, so to speak.” He is quite good-tempered and vague . . . and paying no more attention to literature than it merits. «New Statesman, Apr 15»

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