tempered

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- a sword of tempered steel
- tempered glass
• Syn:
treated, hardened, toughened
• Ant:
untempered
• Similar to:
curable, sunbaked
2. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
- criticism tempered with kindly sympathy
• Ant:
untempered