Synonyms of the word distemper


DISTEMPERHUMOR - HUMOUR - MOOD - PAINT - PAINTING - PICTURE - TEMPER

distemper

  • n. (veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever,…
  • n. (archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
  • n. A water-based paint.
  • n. A painting produced with this kind of paint.
  • v. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
  • v. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
  • v. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
  • v. To intoxicate.
  • v. To paint using distemper.
  • v. To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.

humor

  • n. American spelling of humour.
  • v. American spelling of humour.

humour

  • n. (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
  • n. (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by…
  • n. (archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of…
  • n. (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
  • n. (obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
  • v. (transitive) To pacify by indulging.

mood

  • n. A mental or emotional state, composure.
  • n. A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
  • n. A disposition to do something.
  • n. A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.
  • n. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) Courage, heart, valor, ; also vim and vigor.
  • n. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish,…

paint

  • n. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds…
  • n. (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting…
  • n. (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
  • n. (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
  • n. (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
  • n. (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
  • n. Makeup.
  • v. (transitive) To apply paint to.
  • v. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
  • v. (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
  • v. (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
  • v. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
  • v. (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
  • v. (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.

painting

  • v. present participle of paint.
  • n. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
  • n. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
  • n. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

picture

  • n. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface,…
  • n. An image; a representation as in the imagination.
  • n. A painting.
  • n. A photograph.
  • n. (informal) A motion picture.
  • n. (dated, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
  • n. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
  • n. An attractive sight.
  • n. The art of painting; representation by painting.
  • n. A figure; a model.
  • n. Situation.
  • v. (transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
  • v. (transitive) To imagine or envision.
  • v. (transitive) To depict.

temper

  • n. A tendency to be of a certain type of mood.
  • n. State of mind.
  • n. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture…
  • n. (obsolete) Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler,…
  • n. The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone…
  • n. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
  • n. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating…
  • n. Middle state or course; mean; medium.
  • n. (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used…
  • v. To moderate or control.
  • v. To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
  • v. To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
  • v. To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
  • v. (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
  • v. (obsolete, Latinism) To govern; to manage.
  • v. (archaic) To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
  • v. (archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element;…
  • v. (obsolete) To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

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