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distemper

noun

1 distemper

Any of various infectious viral diseases of animals.

Roget 428: color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, ... show more

Roget 556: painting; depicting; drawing etc. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy; chiaroscuro etc. (light) 420; composition; ... show more

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: hondenziekte, hondeziekte
Polish: nosówka

2 distemper

An angry and disagreeable mood.

synonyms: ill humor, ill humour.

3 distemper

Paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder.

Polish: tempera, farba temperowa

4 distemper

A painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder.

Polish: tempera

5 distemper

A method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery.

verb

1 distemper

Paint with distemper.


Moby thesaurus: Texas fever, abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, anarchism, anarchy, anthrax, aphthous fever, atrophy, bacterial disease, bighead, birth defect, black quarter, blackleg, blackwater, blight ... show more.

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