English dictionary

phlegm

/fl/E/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

noun.feeling

Synonyms emotionlessness impassiveness impassivity indifference stolidity unemotionality

Source: WordNet 3.0
expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness

noun.body

Synonyms sputum

Source: WordNet 3.0
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

noun.attribute

Synonyms flatness languor lethargy sluggishness

Source: WordNet 3.0
One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See <u>Humor</u>.

noun

Source: webster1913