" intemperateness "

1: a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits;

  * e.g., " ... a talk show that seems to select political pundits mostly for their exhibitionistic intemperateness "

•  Synonyms : 

•  excess,

•  excessiveness,

•  exorbitance,

•  immoderacy,

•  immoderation,

•  insobriety,

•  intemperance,

•  nimiety

•  Antonyms : 

•  moderateness,

•  moderation,

•  temperance,

•  temperateness

2: habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants;

  * e.g., " ... as far as the townspeople are concerned, the students at the local college seem to be far more noteworthy for their intemperateness than for their intellectualism "

•  Synonyms : 

•  alcoholism,

•  drunkenness,

•  insobriety,

•  intemperance

•  Antonyms : 

•  sobriety,

•  temperance

1: showing no signs of being under control;

  * e.g., " ... intemperate anger that is so extreme that the man should be in therapy "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abandoned,

•  rampant,

•  raw,

•  runaway,

•  unbounded,

•  unbridled,

•  unchecked,

•  uncontrolled,

•  unhampered,

•  unhindered,

•  unrestrained

•  Antonyms : 

•  bridled,

•  checked,

•  constrained,

•  controlled,

•  curbed,

•  governed,

•  hampered,

•  hindered,

•  restrained,

•  temperate

2: given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages;

  * e.g., " ... a serious course in wine appreciation that does not welcome intemperate drinkers and party animals "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bibulous,

•  crapulous,

•  drunken,

•  sottish

•  Antonyms : 

•  temperate