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phlegmatic

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phleg=mat=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

phlegmatica. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. : cf. F. phlegmatique.].
  •  Watery.  Sir I. Newton.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.  Harvey.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Generating or causing phlegm.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.  Addison.  [1913 Webster]
Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

phlegmatic, adj. stolidly calm; unexcitable, unemotional.

Derivative
phlegmatically adv.

THESAURUS

phlegmatic

Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, aloof, ambivert, apathetic, benumbed, blah, blase, bored, calm, careless, cataleptic, catatonic, choleric, cold, comatose, composed, controlled, cool, cycloid, cyclothyme, cyclothymic, dead, debilitated, desensitized, detached, disinterested, distant, dopey, dormant, droopy, drugged, dry, dull, ectomorph, endomorph, enervated, equanimous, even-tempered, exanimate, extrovert, flat, foul, groggy, heartless, heavy, hebetudinous, heedless, hopeless, impassive, imperturbable, in a stupor, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inanimate, incurious, indifferent, indolent, inert, insensible, insensitive, insouciant, introvert, jaded, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, lumpish, matter-of-fact, melancholic, mesomorph, mindless, moderate, moribund, nonchalant, numb, numbed, passive, philosophical, placid, pluckless, pooped, regardless, resigned, restrained, sanguine, sated, schizoid, schizothyme, sedentary, self-controlled, self-possessed, serene, slack, sleeping, sleepy, slow, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, somnolent, soporific, spiritless, spunkless, stagnant, stagnating, standing, static, stoic, stoical, stolid, stultified, stupefied, supine, suspended, syntone, tame, temperate, torpid, tranquil, unaffected, unanimated, unaroused, uncaring, unconcerned, undemonstrative, undisturbed, unemotional, unenthusiastic, unfeeling, uninquiring, uninterested, uninvolved, unmindful, unmoved, unperturbed, unresponsive, unruffled, vegetable, vegetative, wan, weary, withdrawn, world-weary

ROGET THESAURUS

phlegmatic

Insensibility

N insensibility, insensibleness, moral insensibility, inertness, inertia, vis inertiae, impassibility, impassibleness, inappetency, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude, supineness, lukewarmness, cold fit, cold blood, cold heart, coldness, coolness, frigidity, sang froid, stoicism, imperturbation, nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes, insouciance, recklessness, callousness, heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness, torpor, torpidity, obstupefaction, lethargy, coma, trance, vegetative state, sleep, suspended animation, stupor, stupefaction, paralysis, palsy, numbness, neutrality, quietism, vegetation, insensible, unconscious, impassive, impassible, blind to, deaf to, dead to, unsusceptible, insusceptible, unimpressionable, unimpressible, passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless, unfeeling, unmoral, apathetic, leuco-, phlegmatic, dull, frigid, cold blooded, cold hearted, cold as charity, flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine, sluggish, torpid, torpedinous, torporific, sleepy, languid, half-hearted, tame, numbed, comatose, anaesthetic, stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned, palsy-stricken, indifferent, lukewarm, careless, mindless, regardless, inattentive, neglectful, disregarding, unconcerned, nonchalant, pococurante, insouciant, sans souci, unambitious, unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved, unstirred, untouched, unshocked, unstruck, unblushing, unanimated, vegetative, callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious, hardened, inured, casehardened, steeled against, proof against, imperturbable, unfelt, insensibly, aequo animo, without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed, in cold blood, with dry eyes, with withers unwrung, never mind, macht nichts, it is of no consequence, it cannot be helped, nothing coming amiss, it is all the same to, it is all one to.

Indifference

N indifference, neutrality, coldness, anaphrodisia, unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance, want of interest, want of earnestness, anorexy, anorexia, inappetency, apathy, supineness, disdain, recklessness, inattention, anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, lust-quencher, passion-queller, indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm, cool, cool as a cucumber, unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may- care, careless, listless, lackadaisical, half-hearted, unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted, aloof, unapproachable, remote, uncaring, unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to, insipid, vain, for aught one cares, Int, never mind, Who cares? whatever you like, whatever, I couldn't care less, I could care less, anything will do, es macht nichts.


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