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Diseased in body, or disordered in mind. We speak of a distempered body, a distempered limb, a distempered head or brain.

Disturbed; ruffled; as distempered passions.

Deprived of temper or moderation; immoderate; as distempered zeal.

Disordered; biased; prejudiced; perverted; as minds distempered by interest or passion.

The imagination, when completely distempered, is the most incurable of all disordered faculties.

Disaffected; made malevolent.

Distempered lords.

distempered

distempered ‎(comparative more distempered, superlative most distempered)

(archaic) Affected with or suffering from distemper; diseased.
- 1592–1609: I, sick withal, the help of bath desired, / And thither hied, a sad distemper'd guest, / But found no cure: the bath for my help lies / Where Cupid got new fire--my mistress' eyes. — William Shakespeare, Sonnet CLIII.