phlegmatic

a. கபம் உண்டுபண்ணுகிற, கோழை நிரம்பிய, தணுப்பு மிக்க, மடிமையார்ந்த, எளிதிற் செயற்படாத.

Synonyms

sluggish cold apathetical dull frigid cold-blooded unfeeling

Antonyms

quick lively warm-blooded susceptible

Phleg*mat"ic, a. Etym: [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. phlegmatique.] 1. Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." Sir I. Newton. 2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. Harvey. 3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic habitations." Sir T. Browne. 4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. Addison. Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.

phlegmatic - Similar Words

phlegmaticly phlegmatical apophlegmatic phlegmatically hematic apothegmatic phlegmasia pegmatitic pathematic leucophlegmatic