intemperate
Given to excess
Intemperate means lacking moderation or restraint.
The word most often describes excessive drinking: intemperate habits, an intemperate youth.
But it applies to any immoderate behavior or expression—intemperate language is harsh and uncontrolled, intemperate weather is severe.
The opposite of temperate in all its senses.
Beyond reasonable bounds
- overindulgentExcessively lenient or gratifying
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
- unbridledWithout any restraint
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
inordinate · extravagant · profligate · prodigal · gluttonous · wasteful · exorbitant · profuse
Unpleasantly harsh weather
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- rawIn original state
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
piercing · brutal · fierce · stormy · violent · rough · turbulent · bleak
Dispersed or morally loose
- debauchedCorrupted by indulgence
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- hedonisticDevoted to sensual pursuits
- self-indulgentYielding to one's desires
decadent · sybaritic · licentious · profligate · pleasure-seeking · bacchanalian · orgiastic · bibulous
Heedless or skin irritation
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- incautiousCarelessly unguarded
unthinking · hotheaded · volatile · tempestuous · mercurial · erratic · capricious · precipitate
Root-indicating symbol
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- extremistOne holding fringe views
dogmatic · intransigent · absolutist · hardline · unyielding · unbending · overzealous · obstinate
immoderate
Beyond reasonable bounds
- overindulgentExcessively lenient or gratifying
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
- unbridledWithout any restraint
unchecked · inordinate · extravagant · profligate · prodigal · gluttonous · wasteful · exorbitant · profuse · superfluous
inclement
Unpleasantly harsh weather
biting · piercing · brutal · fierce · stormy · violent · rough · turbulent · bleak · unforgiving
dissipated
Dispersed or morally loose
- debauchedCorrupted by indulgence
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- hedonisticDevoted to sensual pursuits
self-indulgent · decadent · sybaritic · licentious · profligate · pleasure-seeking · bacchanalian · orgiastic · bibulous · drunken
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
incautious · unthinking · hotheaded · volatile · tempestuous · mercurial · erratic · capricious · precipitate · headlong
radical
Root-indicating symbol
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
extremist · dogmatic · intransigent · absolutist · hardline · unyielding · unbending · overzealous · obstinate · rigid
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
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Mild, avoiding extremes
moderate · restrained · self-controlled · disciplined · abstemious
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Free from agitation
composed · equable · even-tempered · restrained · measured
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Free from intoxication
teetotal · abstinent · abstemious · clearheaded · straight