Word: distemper

Category: distemper

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Synonyms: distemper

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: distemper

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german
Translations:
staupe
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french
Translations:
malaise, mal, détrempe
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italian
Translations:
tempera
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czech
Translations:
nevolnost, nemoc
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ukrainian
Translations:
безладдя, темпера, хвилювання, нездужання, смута
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croatian
Translations:
tempera, slabost

The meaning and "use of": distemper

noun
  • a viral disease of some animals, especially dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh. - For example, parvovirus, distemper and rabies are diseases that can be vaccinated against.
  • political disorder. - an attempt to illuminate the moral roots of the modern world's distemper
  • a kind of paint using glue or size instead of an oil base, for use on walls or for scene-painting. - The kitchen gleamed from the distemper Dad had painted on its walls in contrasting shades of green and pink.
verb
  • paint (something) with distemper. - the distempered roof timbers

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