phlegmaticadjective
uk/fleɡˈmæt.ɪk/us/fleɡˈmæt̬.ɪk/formalA phlegmatic person does not usually get emotional or excited about things:
As a football player, his great asset was his calm, phlegmatic manner.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- emptiness
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoicism
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