Hyphenation of temper

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word temper? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

tem-per

Definitions of temper:

1.	A sudden outburst of anger His temper sparked like damp firewood
2.	A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling Whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time He was in a bad humor
3.	A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger His temper was well known to all his employees
4.	The elasticity and hardness of a metal object Its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
5.	Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling Temper glass
6.	Harden by reheating and cooling in oil Temper steel
7.	Adjust the pitch (of pianos)
8.	Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else Moderate She tempered her criticism
9.	Restrain

Synonyms of temper:

noun	pique, irritation, annoyance, chafe, vexation
noun	mood, humor, humour, feeling
noun	biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, ill nature
noun	toughness, elasticity, snap
verb	anneal, normalize, toughen
verb	harden, modify
verb	adjust, set, correct
verb	season, mollify, weaken
verb	chasten, moderate, change, alter, modify

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.