DISTEMPERATURE Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

distemperature

noun

di-ˈstem-p(ə-)rə-ˌchu̇r

Definition of distemperature

as in disease

an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning a guinea pig with some sort of distemperature

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Noun

The layer plays a vital role in absorbing the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, which can cause diseases such as skin cancer.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
Introducing a fish foreign to the region could bring diseases into the water.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of disease

Noun

As a result, more people have now died of environmental illnesses that followed the September 11 attacks than perished during the collapse of the towers that day.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
About 80% of infected people develop no symptoms, while most others experience a mild flu-like illness.

— Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of illness

Noun

Delane injured his shoulder while being tackled on the interception, an ailment that cost him time in training camp.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
By April 4, he’d been placed on the 15-day IL with left hip inflammation, an ailment that later required a move to the 60-day IL in May.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of ailment

Noun

Secor is studying new ink materials designed to withstand extreme conditions, including the temperature swings encountered in space.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Scoggin set bail at $400,000 with no conditions and $200,000 with conditions.

— TIM SULLIVAN, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of condition

Noun

Manny Navarro North Carolina Bobby Petrino has fixed all the offensive ills.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But unlike Transcription or George Saunders’s Vigil, the year’s other novel about a rich old man on his way to the underworld, this book doesn’t try to diagnose our collective ills.

— Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of ill

Noun

Measles symptoms typically appear within one to two weeks and can include a high fever, a cough, runny nose and red eyes, white dots inside the mouth and a rash that starts on the face and spreads down the body, health officials said.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Healthy people infected with salmonella often experience fever, bloody diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, according to the federal health agency.

— Julia Hawkins, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2026

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