Phlegm

  • 21phlegm — Synonyms and related words: acedia, aloofness, apathy, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, boredom, calmness, chyle, colostrum, comatoseness, composure, coolness, detachment, discharge, disinterest, dispassion, drowsiness, dullness,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22phlegm — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Apathy] Syn. nonchalance, unconcern, stoicism; see indifference 1 . 2. [Sputum] Syn. mucus, spittle, discharge, slime, viscous matter, morbid matter, spit*; see also mucus , saliva . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. mucous,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 23phlegm — [14] Greek phlégma denoted ‘bodily fluid produced by inflammation’ (it was a derivative of phlégein ‘burn’, which went back to the same Indo European base as produced English flagrant, flame, fulminate, and phlox [18] – in Greek literally… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24phlegm — flem n. moisture; mucus; slowness; apathy, indifference …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25phlegm n — phlegmatically adv …

    English expressions

  • 26phlegm — [flɛm] noun 1》 the thick viscous substance secreted by the mucous membranes of the respiratory passages, especially when produced in excessive quantities during a cold. 2》 (in medieval science and medicine) one of the four bodily humours,… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 27phlegm — «a, asi, ato (G). Inflammation, mucus …

    Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

  • 28phlegm — n. 1. Mucus, excrementitious humor. 2. Apathy, insensibility, dulness, indifference, coldness, sluggishness …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 29phlegm — noun (U) 1 the thick yellowish substance produced in your nose and throat, especially when you have a cold; mucus 2 unusual calmness in worrying, frightening, or exciting situations …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30phlegm — n 1. mucus, Inf. snot. 2. dullness, lethargy, hebetude, listlessness; sluggishness, slowness, languor, lassitude, indolence, torpidity, torpidness, torpor; inactivity, inactiveness, inertness, passiveness, passivity; apathy, indifference,… …

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