phlegm

Speech parts

1. phlegm - Noun

2. phlegm - Adjective

Meaning

One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.

Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.

A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.

Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

indifference flatness lethargy languor sluggishness impassivity impassiveness emotionlessness stolidity sputum unemotionality snot rheum cool calm
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Antonyms

interest activity ardor regard magic bias
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Hypernyms

inertia mucus inactivity apathy inactiveness mucous secretion

Related terms

phlegmatic phlegmon

Examples

the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends Source: Internet

Above this is a whitish layer of white blood cells (the "phlegm"). Source: Internet

Each substance is known for having a corresponding humour: black bile, phlegm, blood and yellow bile, respectively. Source: Internet

He coins comic names "that make him even more bourgeois than he really is: Cotonnet, Bombet, Chamier." citation : 80 He uses many ridiculous names: "Don phlegm", " Giorgio Vasari ", "William Crocodile", "Poverino", "Baron de Cutendre". Source: Internet

Clear phlegm or mucus from your throat by coughing. Source: Internet

Sputum or phlegm is coughed up from the lower airways in the respiratory tract—the bronchi, bronchioles, and —rather than glands in the mouth and throat. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Phlegethontic phlegethontiid Phlegeton phlegm-cutter phlegmagogic phlegmagogue