phlegm

phlegm
n
1. mucus, Inf. snot.
2. dullness, lethargy, hebetude, listlessness; sluggishness, slowness, languor, lassitude, indolence, torpidity, torpidness, torpor; inactivity, inactiveness, inertness, passiveness, passivity; apathy, indifference, unconcern, nonchalance, uninterestedness, disinterest; coolness, coldness, frigidity; unresponsiveness, dispassion, dispassionateness, lack of feeling or emotion, insentience, insensibility, insensitiveness, insensibility, unfeelingness, numbness.
3. self-possession, self-control, composure, aplomb, sang-froid, poise; presence of mind, level-headedness, cool-headedness, coolness, Inf. cool, collectedness; philosophicalness, even-temperedness, equability, equableness, equanimity, equilibrium; calm, calmness, repose, quiet, quiescence, quiescency, stillness; peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, tranquillity, tran-quilness, serenity, sereneness; impassiveness, impassivity, imperturbability, imperturbableness, Sl. unflappa-bility, unexcitability, unruffledness.

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