as in numbness
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness
a man of remarkable phlegm, never showing enthusiasm nor displeasure
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Recent Examples of phlegm
Use Peppermint Peppermint can effectively soothe a sore throat, thin mucus, loosen phlegm, and calm coughs.
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2025
As the disease worsens, cardinal symptoms include cough with or without phlegm and breathlessness, especially with exertion.
—Soma Mandal, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Signs and symptoms include a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer, coughing up blood or phlegm, chest pain, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, chills and night sweats, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Symptoms and safety measures Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2025
As the disease worsens, cardinal symptoms include cough with or without phlegm and breathlessness, especially with exertion.
—Soma Mandal, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Signs and symptoms include a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer, coughing up blood or phlegm, chest pain, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, chills and night sweats, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Symptoms and safety measures Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phlegm
apathy
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That seems to have been largely true, but the reasons for that philosophy were arguably less noble than the company claimed: seen through another lens, its deliberate oblivion to what its newsrooms were producing looks more like apathy to journalism writ large.—
Megan Greenwell,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The song topped international charts and broke a decade of Grammy apathy for her with wins for Record of the Year and Best Solo Pop Performance.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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“Phlegm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phlegm. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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