What does distemperate mean?
Distemperate means Immoderate, excessive..
Distemperate
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Immoderate, excessive..
Definitions by Sense
- Immoderate, excessive.
- (of the weather, air or elements) Not temperate, of no good influence for one's confort or soundness; (figuratively) unwholesome, stormy.
- (in the obsoleted theory of humours) Not properly tempered; disordered through excess or deficiency of some constituent; (by extensions, of bodily or mental condition) disordered, out of order; diseased, out of health; ill-conditioned.
Example Sentences
Thou hast thy brain distemperate, and out of rule.
Synonyms for distemperate
Antonyms for distemperate
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Word Forms
- more distemperate
- most distemperate
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Thou hast thy brain distemperate, and out of rule.
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