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tempered+(verb)

  • 1 grumble

    1. verb
    1) (to complain in a bad-tempered way: He grumbled at the way he had been treated.) nöldra gremjulega
    2) (to make a low and deep sound: Thunder grumbled in the distance.) drynja
    2. noun
    1) (a complaint made in a bad-tempered way.) gremjulegt nöldur
    2) (a low, deep sound: the grumble of thunder.) druna

    English-Icelandic dictionary > grumble

  • 2 temper

    ['tempə] 1. noun
    1) (a state of mind; a mood or humour: He's in a bad temper.) skap
    2) (a tendency to become (unpleasant when) angry: He has a terrible temper.) skap
    3) (a state of anger: She's in a temper.) vont skap
    2. verb
    1) (to bring metal to the right degree of hardness by heating and cooling: The steel must be carefully tempered.) styrkja, bæta
    2) (to soften or make less severe: One must try to temper justice with mercy.) milda
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    - keep one's temper
    - lose one's temper

    English-Icelandic dictionary > temper

  • 3 mean

    [mi:n] I adjective
    1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) nískur
    2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) kvikindislegur
    3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) illskeyttur
    4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) lélegur
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    - meanness
    - meanie     II 1. adjective
    1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) meðal-, meðaltals-
    2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) meðal-, meðaltals-
    2. noun
    (something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) meðaltal, meðalgildi; milli-
    III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb
    1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) merkja, þÿða; eiga við, meina
    2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) ætla (sér)
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    2. adjective
    ((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) þÿðingarmikill
    - meaningless
    - be meant to
    - mean well

    English-Icelandic dictionary > mean

  • 4 short

    [ʃo:t] 1. adjective
    1) (not long: You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?) stuttur
    2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) lágur, lágvaxinn
    3) (not lasting long; brief: a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.) stuttur, skammur
    4) (not as much as it should be: When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.) sem vantar upp á
    5) ((with of) not having enough (money etc): Most of us are short of money these days.) vera peningalítill
    6) ((of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.) stökkur
    2. adverb
    1) (suddenly; abruptly: He stopped short when he saw me.) snögglega
    2) (not as far as intended: The shot fell short.) ná ekki settu marki
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    - shortage
    - shorten
    - shortening
    - shortly
    - shorts
    - shortbread
    - short-change
    - short circuit
    - shortcoming
    - shortcut
    - shorthand
    - short-handed
    - short-list     3. verb
    (to put on a short-list: We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.) setja á úrtökulista
    - short-range
    - short-sighted
    - short-sightedly
    - short-sightedness
    - short-tempered
    - short-term
    - by a short head
    - for short
    - go short
    - in short
    - in short supply
    - make short work of
    - run short
    - short and sweet
    - short for
    - short of

    English-Icelandic dictionary > short

  • 5 sour

    1. adjective
    1) (having a taste or smell similar in nature to that of lemon juice or vinegar: Unripe apples are/taste very sour.) súr
    2) (having a similar taste as a stage in going bad: sour milk.) súr
    3) ((of a person, his character etc) discontented, bad-tempered or disagreeable: She was looking very sour this morning.) fÿldur, úrillur
    2. verb
    (to make or become sour.) sÿra; gera súran
    - sourness

    English-Icelandic dictionary > sour

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