Distemper

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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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