even-tempered
English
Adjective
even-tempered (comparative more even-tempered, superlative most even-tempered)
- Remaining calm even in situations that would cause many others to become angry, frustrated, panicky, etc.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
- Who has not known some even-tempered old man or woman who seemed to have drunk of the fountain of youth?
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Synonyms
- cool (in the sense of calm or relaxed)
- cool-headed
- unexcitable
Antonyms
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