Synonyms for intemperate

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-tem-per-it, -prit

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛm pər ɪt, -prɪt

Définition of intemperate

Origin : "characterized by excessive indulgence in a passion or appetite," late 14c., from Latin intemperatus "untempered, inclement, immoderate," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + temperantia (see temperance). Related: Intemperately.

adj drunken
adj excessive

Example sentences :

Who is that intemperate and brutal man whom we would redeem?
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

He was of intemperate habits, and beat his wife on little provocation.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

Well, but is a just man the friend of the unjust, or the temperate of the intemperate, or the good of the bad?
Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato

And the pleasures of the temperate exceed the pains, while the pains of the intemperate exceed the pleasures.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

With what intemperate eagerness would the people flock to see it!
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

This is praise, but not of an intemperate sort, nor very inclusive.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

The intemperate man may suffer from his inability to resist his desire for whiskey.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

No wonder that the secretary of the treasury stigmatized them as “intemperate.”
Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens

They were intemperate and thriftless, and passed the voyage in disorder.
Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West

The intemperate are the persons to whom these expostulations should be addressed.
Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society

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