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phlegmatic

/flɛɡˈmætɪk/

Translations

phlegmaticnoun

phlegmatics

/flɛɡˈmætɪk/

Rare, countable; denotes a person with a phlegmatic temperament.

flegmatiqueEmploi substantivé pour désigner une personne de tempérament calme et impassible.

As a true phlegmatic, he met the bad news with a shrug.

En vrai flegmatique, il a accueilli la mauvaise nouvelle d'un haussement d'épaules.

Synonyms

stoic

cool customer

unflappable person

impassive person

calm person

placid person

deadpan individual

phlegmaticadjective

more phlegmatic

Comp.

most phlegmatic

Super.

/flɛɡˈmætɪk/

flegmatiqueCalme, impassible, peu émotif.

Despite the chaos around him, he remained phlegmatic and continued with his work.

Malgré le chaos autour de lui, il est resté flegmatique et a continué son travail.

Additional translations

impassibleSurtout pour insister sur l'absence de réaction ou d'émotion.

flegmatiqueAncien, en médecine humorale : relatif à la phlegme.

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Definitions

phlegmaticnoun

A person who is phlegmatic in temperament.

As a true phlegmatic, he met the bad news with a shrug.

phlegmaticadjective

Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

Despite the chaos around him, he remained phlegmatic and continued with his work.

Of or relating to phlegm; producing or characterized by the bodily humour phlegm (archaic).

In ancient medicine, the phlegmatic constitution was believed to dominate in winter.

Not easily moved to action or display of feeling; apathetic or sluggish.

Her phlegmatic response to the urgent plea frustrated her colleagues.