intemperate
given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion.
not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled.
extreme in temperature, as climate.
Origin of intemperate
1Other words from intemperate
- in·tem·per·ate·ly, adverb
- in·tem·per·ate·ness, noun
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How to use intemperate in a sentence
Had formerly suffered much from gout, and lived very intemperately.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses | William WitheringThis is a proposition to which one would cordially subscribe if it were not so intemperately stated.
Ponkapog Papers | Thomas Bailey AldrichStubb was a high liver; he was somewhat intemperately fond of the whale as a flavorish thing to his palate.
Moby Dick; or The Whale | Herman MelvilleAcquiesce gracefully, not intemperately, in the prevailing sentiment.
The Secret Service. | Albert D. RichardsonThen Rosie's vegetables were so very good, and so intemperately abundant!
Six Girls and Bob | Marion Ames Taggart
British Dictionary definitions for intemperate
/ (ɪnˈtɛmpərɪt, -prɪt) /
consuming alcoholic drink habitually or to excess
indulging bodily appetites to excess; immoderate
unrestrained: intemperate rage
extreme or severe: an intemperate climate
Derived forms of intemperate
- intemperance or intemperateness, noun
- intemperately, adverb
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