1. • noun - any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
   • noun - an angry and disagreeable mood
   • noun - paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
   • noun - a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
   • noun - a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder
   • verb - paint with distemper
2. • An infectious viral disease occurring in dogs, characterized by loss of appetite, a catarrhal discharge from the eyes and nose, vomiting, fever, lethargy, partial paralysis caused by destruction of myelinated nerve tissue, and sometimes death.
   • A similar viral disease of cats characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea leading to dehydration, and sometimes death.
   • Any of various similar mammalian diseases.
   • An illness or a disease; an ailment: “He died... of a broken heart, a distemper which kills many more than is generally imagined” (Henry Fielding).
   • Ill humor; testiness.
   • Disorder or disturbance, especially of a social or political nature.
   • To put out of order.
   • To unsettle; derange.
   • A process of painting in which pigments are mixed with water and a glue-size or casein binder, used for flat wall decoration or scenic and poster painting.
   • The paint used in this process.
   • A painting made by this process.
   • To mix (powdered pigments or colors) with water and size.
   • To paint (a work) in distemper.

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