[adj] adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
[adj] made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
Synonyms
annealed, baked, burned, burnt, diluted, hardened, moderated, qualified, sunbaked, toned down(p), toughened, treated, tuned