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phlegmatous

phlegmatous adjective: synonym of phlegmatic (“generating, causing, or full of phlegm”).

Adjective

phlegmatous (comparative more phlegmatous, superlative most phlegmatous)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of phlegmatic (“generating, causing, or full of phlegm”).
    Synonyms:
    phlegmatic

Synonyms of phlegmatous

Forms of phlegmatous

comparativemore phlegmatous
superlativemost phlegmatous

Questions about phlegmatous

What does phlegmatous mean?
Phlegmatous means synonym of phlegmatic (“generating, causing, or full of phlegm”).
What part of speech is phlegmatous?
Phlegmatous is an adjective.

Words near phlegmatous in the dictionary

  1. phlegmatized
  2. phlegmatizer
  3. phlegmatizers
  4. phlegmatizes
  5. phlegmatizing
  6. phlegmatous
  7. phlegmier
  8. phlegmiest
  9. phlegmily
  10. phlegminess
  11. phlegmish

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