Setting and Temper

Setting

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Temper and setting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Temper" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

Temper noun - A special quality or impression associated with something.

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Setting and temper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Temper".

old	old setting	old temper
good	good setting	good temper
high	high setting	high temper
similar	similar setting	similar temper
Other adjectives: usual, real, serious, general.

Wesley never lost his temper or spoke above a whisper, and he was the most vicious killer in a setting full of hardened career criminals.

Source: Deconstructed Trope / Literature
Examples range from Peach throwing a temper tantrum, Bowser setting his team on fire or Petey Piranha eating an opposing team player alive before spitting the player out of his mouth.

Source: Video Game / Mario Strikers aka: Mario Strikers Charged
His temper boiling over, the Grinch lectures all the Whos about their hypocritical attitude toward Christmas before setting fire to the Christmas tree in the town square and fleeing the scene.

Source: The Farmer and the Viper

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