distemperature

dis·tem·per·a·ture

noun
\di-ˈstem-p(ə-)rə-ˌchu̇r, -pə(r)-, -chər, chiefly Southern -ˌt(y)u̇(ə)r\

Definition of DISTEMPERATURE

: a disordered condition

Examples of DISTEMPERATURE

1. <a guinea pig with some sort of distemperature>

First Known Use of DISTEMPERATURE

1531

Related to DISTEMPERATURE

Synonyms: affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disorder, distemper, disease, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble

Antonyms: health, wellness

Related Words: contagion, contagious disease; contagium, infection; attack, bout, fit, spell; debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness; malaise, matter, pip; epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague

Near Antonyms: fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness; fettle, shape

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Rhymes with DISTEMPERATURE

candidature, caricature, discomfiture, divestiture, entablature, entrepreneur, expenditure, imprimatur, investiture, literature, miniature, musculature, nomenclature, non sequitur