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Distemper Very Common

Distemper has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

any of various infectious viral diseases of animals

2

an angry and disagreeable mood

3

paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder

4

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

5

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

6

A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.

Verb
1

paint with distemper

2

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

Related Terms
Antonyms
good humour
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
animal disease temper paint painting
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
canine distemper equine distemper moodiness irritability
Rhyming Words
per rper aper xper oper lper leper hyper riper ndper esper vaper raper duper afper neper japer roper hiper phper
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