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Meanings of
distemper
in English
Portuguese
baço
Catalan
mal caràcter
Spanish
malhumor
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An angry and disagreeable mood.
ill humor
ill humour
good humor
Portuguese
baço
Russian
клеевая живопись
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Type of paint.
tempera
distemper paint
Russian
клеевая живопись
Synonyms
Examples for "
tempera
"
tempera
distemper paint
Examples for "
tempera
"
1
This, Botticelli translates into exquisite
tempera
with a wealth of pretty thoughts.
2
Even Willy made one out of doll's heads painted blue with
tempera
paint.
3
This painting, executed in 1315, was considered meritorious for a work done in
tempera
.
4
One work was egg
tempera
on a gesso foundation, the other a dry-brush watercolor.
5
Finally,
tempera
pictures and frescoes were often of limited size or of feeble color.
Usage of
distemper
in English
1
Expensive watches would only be the first victims of our dwarf's
distemper
.
2
This malignant
distemper
had destroyed numbers of prisoners during the preceding years.
3
In weak minds, it is a chronic
distemper
,
followed by incurable indolence.
4
Forgetting my
distemper
,
I grabbed my cap and joined the expectant throngs.
5
At present it must be considered is a
distemper
not well understood.
6
She goes nowhere else, because there is a
distemper
among the dogs.
7
He had died of
distemper
soon after I was sent to school.
8
Why, to tell it frankly, methinks it is more temper than
distemper
.
9
Hydrophobia among dogs is very rare, and
distemper
among puppies is unknown.
10
And bad weather was coming,
distemper
was coming, with death was coming.
11
Have you also got a touch of this
distemper
in your head?
12
This very inconstancy of the
distemper
served to puzzle the doctor's conclusions.
13
This was mutiny, and M'Grath's remedy for that
distemper
was ever heroic.
14
You know, rabies,
distemper
,
the stuff you get a dog vaccinated against.
15
Animals are victims of the virus; hog cholera, canine and feline
distemper
,
etc.
16
Our chief difficulty in the treatment of
distemper
lies in the complications thereof.
Other examples for "distemper"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
distemper
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
canine distemper
have distemper
horrible distemper
old distemper
chronic distemper
More collocations
Translations for
distemper
Portuguese
baço
Catalan
mal caràcter
mal humor
Spanish
malhumor
Russian
клеевая живопись
Distemper
through the time
Distemper
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common