PHLEGM Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

phlegm

noun

ˈflem

Definition of phlegm next

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a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness a man of remarkable phlegm, never showing enthusiasm nor displeasure

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Recent Examples of phlegm State of phlegm: From Dec. 29 to Jan. 4, metro hospitals admitted more people with influenza than any week in at least the previous five years, according to the latest Minnesota Department of Health data. —

Kyle Stokes, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025 For some years, my larynx has been swimming in phlegm, the result of an undetermined ratio between reflux and postnasal drip. —

John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 Even when Rode joined the force in the year 2000, masks weren't necessarily the norm, and firefighters would cough up black phlegm in the days after a fire. —

Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025 Cannabis may act as an expectorant, helping to clear phlegm from the lungs and throat. —

Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for phlegm