phlegmatic

[fleg-mat-ik] / flɛgˈmæt ɪk /

ADJECTIVE

unemotional

Synonyms

WEAK

along for the ride apathetic blah cold cool deadpan desensitized disinterested dispassionate dull emotionless flat frigid groggy indifferent lethargic lifeless listless passionless passive sluggish uncompassionate undemonstrative unexcitable unfeeling uninvolved unresponsive

Example Sentences

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Last week’s local elections came as close as the phlegmatic Brits come to delivering a revolutionary message.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Romance: Another of Pynchon’s late crime novels, “Bleeding Edge” also chronicles the tender but tested love between insurance investigator Maxine Tarnower and her phlegmatic husband, Horst.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The fact that credit markets had been at record-tight levels running into the Iranian war heightens the vulnerability of credit markets, although Bergeron did acknowledge the market reaction thus far has been phlegmatic.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

"I just think, you've got to sometimes credit the opposition," said a phlegmatic captain Jos Buttler.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

Is he a person of low stature, phlegmatic, and plain.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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