distemper

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

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

2. 2transitive verb

   To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.

3. 3transitive verb

   To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant.

4. 4transitive verb

   To intoxicate.

5. 5transitive verb

   To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size.

6. 6transitive verb

   An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts.

7. 7transitive verb

   Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold.

8. 8transitive 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. 9transitive verb

   Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.

10. 10transitive verb

    Political disorder; tumult.

11. 11transitive 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. 12transitive verb

    A painting done with this preparation.

13. 13noun

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

14. 14noun

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

15. 15noun

    paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder

16. 16noun

    an angry and disagreeable mood

17. 17noun

    any of various infectious viral diseases of animals

18. 18verb

    paint with distemper