phlegmatic
Collocations
5ADJ.
calm, clear, cold
VERB + PHLEGMATIC
couldn't, read
PHLEGMATIC + NOUN
bodies, demeanor, expression
PREP.
with
ADV.
almost
Definitions
adj
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
Calm and phlegmatic, with a clear eye, Mr. Fogg seemed a perfect type of that English composure which Angelica Kauffmann has so skilfully represented on canvas.
2013, A.O. Scott, “How It Looks to Think: Watch Her,” Rev. of Hannah Arendt, dir. by Margarethe von Trotta, New York Times 29 May 2013: C1. Print. Their friendship (immortalized in a splendid volume of letters that has clearly served as one of Ms. von Trotta's sources) is a fascinating study in cultural and temperamental contrast, an impulsive and witty American paired with a steady, phlegmatic German.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
cold and phlegmatic bodies
Near-synonyms: phlegmish, phlegmy
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — showing little emotion
- phlegmatical
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5Calm and phlegmatic, with a clear eye, Mr. Fogg seemed a perfect type of that English composure which Angelica Kauffmann has so skilfully represented on canvas.
Wiktionary2013, A.O. Scott, “How It Looks to Think: Watch Her,” Rev. of Hannah Arendt, dir. by Margarethe von Trotta, New York Times 29 May 2013: C1. Print. Their friendship (immortalized in a splendid volume o
Wiktionarycold and phlegmatic bodies
WiktionaryI couldn't read his phlegmatic expression.
Tatoeba · #10752548His disciples consider him a prophet, despite the former mathematics professor’s almost phlegmatic demeanor.
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