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phleg·mat·ic
 phlegmatic
- pronunciation:
- fleg
mae
tihk
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite.
Knowing our father's phlegmatic personality, we were surprised to see him so agitated.- synonyms:
- impassive, indifferent, languid, lethargic, listless, stolid, unresponsive
- antonyms:
- excitable, passionate
- similar words:
- apathetic, dispassionate, dormant, inactive, inanimate, indolent, inert, lymphatic, passionless, slow, sluggish, stoic, stoical, supine, torpid, unconcerned, wooden
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| definition 2: |
of or relating to phlegm.
- synonyms:
- mucous
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| related words: |
dull, languid, lazy, lethargic, lukewarm, sleepy |
| derivations: |
phlegmatical (adj.), phlegmatically (adv.) |
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