intemperate

[US]/ɪn'temp(ə)rət/
[UK]/ɪn'tɛmpərət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unrestrained, excessive, lacking moderation, indulgent

Example Sentences

an intemperate social occasion.

an intemperate drinker

repented of intemperate behavior.

intemperate outbursts concerning global conspiracies.

He often regrets his intemperate remarks.

Her intemperate behavior caused a lot of problems.

The intemperate weather forced us to cancel the picnic.

His intemperate drinking habits are affecting his health.

She received criticism for her intemperate outburst during the meeting.

The intemperate use of resources is unsustainable.

The intemperate response from the audience surprised the speaker.

He needs to work on controlling his intemperate temper.

Her intemperate spending habits put her in debt.

The intemperate use of social media can have negative consequences.

Real-world Examples

Lorenzo Gadon has been disbarred because of what the court said was his misogynistic, sexist, abusive, and repeated intemperate language.

Source: BBC Listening Collection June 2023

He was vain and ostentatious, intemperate and boastful.

Source: Magician

I found you. You fell on me with every hideous word an intemperate mood, an undisciplined and untutored nature could suggest.

Source: From deep within.

No longer repressed by the sense of shame, He gave a loose to his intemperate appetites.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

In defending his master he became almost as intemperate as in the early period of his literary passions.

Source: Humans and Ghosts (Part 1)

Seneca was not trying to depress us, just to spare us the kind of hope that, when it fails, inspires bitterness and intemperate shouting.

Source: The school of life

Saint Augustine teaches that when the Scriptures exhort us to resist the demons, it requires us to resist our passions and intemperate appetites.

Source: Goose Palm Queen Barbecue Restaurant (Part 2)

Bertha Mason, the true daughter of an infamous mother, dragged me through all the hideous and degrading agonies which must attend a man bound to a wife at once intemperate and unchaste.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Well, I mean, how am I -- I mean, I'm sorry, I shouldn't -- this is intemperate of me in a way, and I shouldn't speak this way about another company.

Source: Sway

To such lengths, indeed, does an intemperate love of pleasure carry some prudent men, or worn out libertines, who marry to have a safe companion, that they seduce their own wives.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 1)

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