distempered

verb

Definition of distemperednext
past tense of distemper
as in disturbed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy despite his career success, he has been distempered by nagging feelings of inadequacy his whole life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distempered
  1. disturbed
  2. distracted
  3. bothered
  4. worried
  5. unsettled
  6. haunted
  7. angered
Verb
  • Every night the lamb would cry, and be told to hush, for its bleats disturbed their sleep.
    Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The slabs of flesh were expensive, and the thought of handling them disturbed me.
    Lola Méndez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of disturbed
Verb
  • Basically—your brain gets totally distracted by a pop of red, ignoring wider details on your face like spots or texture.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The bus once blew right past me because I was distracted by my phone and standing back from the curb.
    Liz Schubauer, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of distracted
Verb
  • The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.
    John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of bothered
Verb
  • Regardless of the reason, Kassandra isn’t worried about memorized answers from our interview preparation.
    Rob Gagnon, Hartford Courant, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Andrea sometimes worried that the shiniest parts of her personality were actually coping mechanisms.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of worried
Verb
  • However, the markets were unsettled by the Fed’s hawkish outlook, which projected just two rate cuts in 2025—fewer than anticipated—due to concerns over lingering inflation.
    Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • While many of the studies do indicate some level of correlation between the two, the science continues to be unsettled on if, and to what extent, there truly are any adverse health impacts related to the process, and if so precisely what are those health effects.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of unsettled
Verb
  • Back at home, his wife Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) has a sick inkling about the rendezvous—partially because she’s been haunted by a demonic entity all her life.
    Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
  • For most of my life, I have been haunted by these kinds of memories.
    Ariana Green, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of haunted
Verb
  • But there would be uproar at such an increase, with supporters already angered over Ratcliffe’s decision to unilaterally hike seats not yet sold this season to a flat rate of £66, with no concessions for over-65s or under-16s.
    Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And Lina Khan, who chairs the country’s antitrust agency, has angered a lot of people.
    The Hill, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of angered
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