temper

1. A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting. (countable, uncountable) · to have a good, bad, or calm temper
2. State of mind; mood. (countable, uncountable)
3. A tendency to become angry. (countable, uncountable) · Mind your hasty temper!· He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople.
4. Anger; a fit of anger. (countable, uncountable) · an outburst of temper· When I heard about it I got myself into a terrible temper.
5. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure. (countable, uncountable) · to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper
6. Middle state or course; mean; medium. (countable, uncountable)
7. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities. (countable, uncountable) · the temper of mortar
8. The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment. (countable, uncountable)

Plural tempers