surfeit vs temper

surfeit

noun
  • Disgust caused by excess; satiety. 

  • A group of skunks. 

  • A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence. 

  • Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating. 

  • An excessive amount of something. 

verb
  • To fill (something) to excess. 

  • To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance. 

  • To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively). 

  • To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something). 

  • To indulge (in something) to excess. 

  • To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something). 

  • To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively). 

  • To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption. 

temper

noun
  • A tendency to become angry. 

  • Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure. 

  • The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities. 

  • The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling. 

  • Middle state or course; mean; medium. 

  • A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting. 

  • Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar. 

  • The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment. 

  • State of mind; mood. 

  • Anger; a fit of anger. 

verb
  • To moderate or control. 

  • To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing. 

  • To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine. 

  • To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use. 

  • To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency. 

  • To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal. 

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