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phlegm

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of phlegm

a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness

a man of remarkable phlegm, never showing enthusiasm nor displeasure

Synonyms of phlegm

affectlessness, apathy, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, numbness

Words Related to phlegm

bloodlessness, callosity, callousness, coldness, coolness, halfheartedness, hard-heartedness, hardness, heartlessness, imperturbability, insensitivity, obduracy

blankness, deadness, emptiness, vacancy

aloofness, detachment, indifference, unconcern

stiffness, woodenness

Near Antonyms of phlegm

compassion, empathy, pity, sympathy

receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness, sensitivity

solicitude, tenderness, understanding, warmth

hand-wringing, histrionics, hysteria, hysterics, melodrama

Antonyms of phlegm

emotion, feeling, sensibility

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