He tells me, my dear Gertrude, he hath found the head and source of all your son’s distemper.
Source: tatoeba (1172028)
Distemper
Synonyms for "distemper" (253 found)
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Strong matches (76)
coloringcomplaintcomplicationconditioncongenital defectcoverdabdaubdead-colordefectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegenerative diseasederangedevildipdisabilitydisarrangedisarraydiscompose
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diseasedisjointdisorderdisturbdogdrierdrive up the walldyedyestuffemblazonenamelendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseaseexasperateexerciseexterior paintfaceflat coatflat washfloor enamelfoot-and-mouth diseasefrescofunctional diseasefungus diseasegapesgastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegetgildglandersglazeglossgraingripegroundhandicapharassharryheaveshecklehectorhereditary diseasehog cholerahoof-and-mouth diseasehoundhuehydrophobiaiatrogenic diseaseill humorillnessilluminate
Noun(3 words)
Related words (126)
imbueindispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmityingraininterior paintirklacquerliver rotlocoloco diseaselocoismmad staggersmaladymalaisemalignant catarrhmalignant catarrhal fevermalignant pustulemangemedium
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megrimsmiffmilzbrandmisrulemix upmolestmorbiditymorbusmuddlemuscular diseasenagneedlenettleneurological diseasenudzhnutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseopaque colororganic diseasepaintpandemic diseaseparatuberculosispargetpathological conditionpathologypeevepersecutepesterpickpigmentpippiqueplagueplant diseasepotherprimeprime coatprimerprimingprotozoan diseaseprovokepseudotuberculosispsychosomatic diseasequarter evilrabiesrespiratory diseaseriderilerinderpestriotrockinessroilrotrufflerummagescabiessecondary diseaseseedinessshadeshadowsheep rotshellacsickishnesssicknesssignsignssmearsplenic feverstaggersstainstipplestringhaltswine dysenterysymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndrometeasetemperatexas feverthe pipthinnertinctiontincturetingetinttonetormenttransparent colorturpentineturpsundercoatundercoatingurogenital diseasevaporvarnishvehiclevexvirus diseasewashwash coatwasting diseasewhitewashworm diseaseworry
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12 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- неразположение noun (disease)
- разстройство noun (disease)
- темперна боя noun (paint)
Finnish
2 entries- kissarutto noun (disease)
- penikkatauti noun (disease)
German
1 entries- Staupe noun (disease)
Hungarian
1 entries- szopornyica noun (disease)
Irish
1 entries- conslaod noun (disease)
Italian
2 entries- cimurro noun (disease)
- tempera noun (paint)
Latin
1 entries- morbus noun (disease)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hunjskrankheit noun (disease)
Polish
2 entries- nosówka noun (disease)
- tempera noun (paint)
Russian
2 entries- те́мпера noun (paint)
- чу́мка noun (disease)
Swedish
2 entries- limfärg noun (paint)
- valpsjuka noun (disease)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
For now I omit garlick belches, and the blast of the belly, stinking breaths: there are many, who are troubled with secret diseases, and every distemper has its infection.
Source: tatoeba (7319462)
O perplex'd diſcompoſition, O ridling diſtemper, O miſerable condition of Man.
Source: wiktionary
[M]y spirits began to sink under the Burden of a strong Distemper, and Nature was exhausted with the Violence of the Fever […]
Source: wiktionary
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