Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun distemper

5 senses of distemper

Sense 1
distemper -- (any of various infectious viral diseases of animals)
       => animal disease -- (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Sense 2
ill humor, ill humour, distemper -- (an angry and disagreeable mood)
       => temper, mood, humor, humour -- (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor")

Sense 3
distemper -- (paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder)
       => paint, pigment -- (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably")

Sense 4
distemper -- (a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder)
       => painting, picture -- (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre")

Sense 5
distemper -- (a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery)
       => painting -- (creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb distemper

1 sense of distemper

Sense 1
distemper -- (paint with distemper)
       => paint -- (make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden")