Tempered and Vituperative

Tempered

Tempered adjective - Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.

Vituperative is an antonym for tempered.

Vituperative

Vituperative adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
Usage example: the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations

Tempered is an antonym for vituperative.

Nearby Word: vituperation
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Vituperative and Tempered. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/tempered/vituperative
Tempered & Vituperative. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/tempered/vituperative>.
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