'Phlegmatic' definitions:
Definition of 'phlegmatic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man" [syn: phlegmatic, phlegmatical]
Definition of 'Phlegmatic'
From: GCIDE
- Phlegmatic \Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. phlegmatique.]
- 1. Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic habitations." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'phlegmatic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- aloof,
- ambivert,
- apathetic,
- benumbed,
- blah,
- blase,
- bored,
- calm,
- careless,
- cataleptic,
- catatonic,
- choleric,
- cold,
- comatose,
- composed,
- controlled,
- cool,
- cycloid,
- cyclothyme,
- cyclothymic,
- dead,
- debilitated,
- desensitized,
- detached,
- disinterested,
- distant,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- droopy,
- drugged,
- dry,
- dull,
- ectomorph,
- endomorph,
- enervated,
- equanimous,
- even-tempered,
- exanimate,
- extrovert,
- flat,
- foul,
- groggy,
- heartless,
- heavy,
- hebetudinous,
- heedless,
- hopeless,
- impassive,
- imperturbable,
- in a stupor,
- in abeyance,
- in suspense,
- inactive,
- inanimate,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- indolent,
- inert,
- insensible,
- insensitive,
- insouciant,
- introvert,
- jaded,
- lackadaisical,
- languid,
- languorous,
- Laodicean,
- latent,
- leaden,
- lethargic,
- lifeless,
- listless,
- logy,
- lumpish,
- matter-of-fact,
- melancholic,
- mesomorph,
- mindless,
- moderate,
- moribund,
- nonchalant,
- numb,
- numbed,
- Olympian,
- passive,
- philosophical,
- placid,
- pluckless,
- pooped,
- regardless,
- resigned,
- restrained,
- sanguine,
- sated,
- schizoid,
- schizothyme,
- sedentary,
- self-controlled,
- self-possessed,
- serene,
- slack,
- sleeping,
- sleepy,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- slumbering,
- smoldering,
- somnolent,
- soporific,
- spiritless,
- spunkless,
- stagnant,
- stagnating,
- standing,
- static,
- stoic,
- stoical,
- stolid,
- stultified,
- stupefied,
- supine,
- suspended,
- syntone,
- tame,
- temperate,
- torpid,
- tranquil,
- unaffected,
- unanimated,
- unaroused,
- uncaring,
- unconcerned,
- undemonstrative,
- undisturbed,
- unemotional,
- unenthusiastic,
- unfeeling,
- uninquiring,
- uninterested,
- uninvolved,
- unmindful,
- unmoved,
- unperturbed,
- unresponsive,
- unruffled,
- vegetable,
- vegetative,
- wan,
- weary,
- withdrawn,
- world-weary