- 1showing a lack of control over yourself intemperate language opposite temperate
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- 2regularly drinking too much alcohol
NAmE//ɪnˈtɛmpərəns//
noun [uncountable]See intemperate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: intemperate