intemperateness
Lack of restraint
Intemperateness is the quality of lacking moderation or restraint.
It most often describes excessive drinking, but extends to any immoderate behavior—intemperateness of speech, of appetite, of emotion.
His intemperateness at the party embarrassed everyone.
The word is formal and somewhat old-fashioned; most speakers would choose excess or lack of self-control.
Lack of self-restraint
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- excessivenessBeing beyond reasonable limits
- unrestraintLack of self-control
abandon · dissipation · profligacy · extravagance · surplus · overdoing · gluttony · voracity
Addiction to drinking
- drunkennessImpaired state from alcohol
- dipsomaniaPathological craving for liquor
- inebriationDrunken state
- substance abuseHarmful habitual intoxicant use
binging · dependency · compulsion · craving · habit · vice · indulgence · debauchery
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- impulsivenessActing without forethought
- hot-headednessTendency toward rash anger
- irascibilityTendency to anger easily
fury · rage · outbursts · passion · vehemence · fervor · intensity · explosiveness
Unsparing quality or manner
- severityIntensity of sternness
- extremityOutermost part or limit
- inclemencyHarsh weather conditions
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
rawness · bleakness · bitter cold · scorching heat · inhospitable · unforgiving
immoderation
Lack of self-restraint
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- excessivenessBeing beyond reasonable limits
unrestraint · abandon · dissipation · profligacy · extravagance · surplus · overdoing · gluttony · voracity · insatiability
alcoholism
Addiction to drinking
- drunkennessImpaired state from alcohol
- dipsomaniaPathological craving for liquor
- inebriationDrunken state
substance abuse · binging · dependency · compulsion · craving · habit · vice · indulgence · debauchery · carousing
volatility
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- impulsivenessActing without forethought
- hot-headednessTendency toward rash anger
irascibility · fury · rage · outbursts · passion · vehemence · fervor · intensity · explosiveness · impetuosity
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- severityIntensity of sternness
- extremityOutermost part or limit
- inclemencyHarsh weather conditions
brutality · rawness · bleakness · bitter cold · scorching heat · inhospitable · unforgiving
intemperatenesstemperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
moderation · temperateness · moderateness · sobriety · restraint
intemperatenessself-control
Ability to restrain impulses
self-restraint · continence · abstemiousness · self-discipline · abstinence
temper, temperature, temperate, temperance, tempering, intemperate, intemperance, untempered, intemperately