a. | 1. | Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion. |
2. | addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors. | |
3. | Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; | |
v. t. | 1. | To disorder. |
Adj. | 1. | intemperate - (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" Antonyms: temperate - (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" |
2. | intemperate - excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" Antonyms: temperate - not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" | |
3. | intemperate - given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors |