1. Verb
To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
2. Verb
To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
3. Verb
To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant.
4. Verb
To intoxicate.
5. Verb
To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size.
6. Verb
An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts.
7. Verb
Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold.
8. Verb
A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle.
9. Verb
Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.
10. Verb
Political disorder; tumult.
11. Verb
A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms.
12. Verb
A painting done with this preparation.
13. Noun
an angry and disagreeable mood
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
14. Noun
a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
15. Noun
a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
16. Noun
paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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