untemperingadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective] > uninviting
untemperinga1616
forbidding1712
grim1820
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 221 My blood begins to flatter me, that thou doo'st [love me]; notwithstanding the poore and vntempering effect of my Visage. View more context for this quotation
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adj.a1616- it is always the way with
- it is an alms
- it is an ill cook that cannot lick her own fingers
- it is an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers
- it is an ordinary thing
- it is bad luck to
- it is banking up
- it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
- it is bruited that
- it is constant
- it is dear bought honey that is licked off a thorn
- it is difficult to
- it is dollars to buttons
- it is dollars to doughnuts
- it is domino
- it is domino with
- it is early days
- it is early days yet
- it is easier for a cable to go through the eye of a needle
- it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
- it is equal to me
- it is equal to me whether
- it is etc no wonder
- it is etc the way with
- it is fit that