Phlegmatic

What do we mean by phlegmatic?

Of or relating to phlegm; phlegmy. adjective

Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional or apathetic. adjective

Having phlegm as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology. adjective

Of the nature of phlegm; watery; aqueous: as, phlegmatic humors.

Generating or causing phlegm.

Abounding in phlegm; lymphatic; hence, cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; not easily excited to action or passion; apathetic; cool and self-restrained: as, a phlegmatic temperament. See temperament.

Synonyms Frigid, impassive, unsusceptible. See apathy.

Watery. adjective

Abounding in phlegm adjective

Generating or causing phlegm. adjective

Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy. adjective

Lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic. adjective

Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish. adjective

Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. adjective

Generating, causing, or full of phlegm. adjective

Watery. adjective

One who has a phlegmatic disposition. noun

Showing little emotion adjective

One who has a phlegmatic disposition.

Words that are spelled similarly to phlegmatic:
phlegmatic, phlegmasia, phlegmonic.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word phlegmatic:
choleric, sanguine, phlegm, melancholic, temperament, bile, melancholy, traits, wet, cold, shared, response, sense, approach, hot, fifth, nature.

Words that rhyme with phlegmatic:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe phlegmatic:
least.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective phlegmatic:
temperament, man, people, type, disposition, nature, person, temper, character, manner, temperaments, individual, race, englishman, persons, constitution, indifference, attitude, calm, habit, child, dutchman, face, personality, natures, german, humor, constitutions, woman, apathy, husband, individuals, types, humors, humour, habits, gentleman, body, germans, ones, children, dutch, admirer, humours, fellow, exterior, air, patience, english, voice, friend, spirit, blood, appearance, nation, boy, sort, serenity, behaviour, animals, animal, tone, response, neighbours, appreciator, creature, dutchmen, sons, youth, countenance, coldness, oyster, style, british, composure, patient, saxon, subjects, characters, souls, delays, soul, coolness, pain, diseases, reply, conduct, indolence, inhabitants, brains, self, faces, races, hollander.

Words that sound like phlegmatic:
phlegmatic, flagstick, fanatic, climatic, stigmatic, schematic, sciatic, solomonic, seatac, psalmody.