phlegm

noun

1. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

Similar word(s): emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality

Definition categories: feeling, apathy

2. expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness

Similar word(s): sputum

Definition categories: body, mucus

3. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

Similar word(s): flatness, languor, lethargy, sluggishness

Definition categories: attribute, inactivity, inertia