Noun
- 1. emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality, apathy
- usage: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
- 2. phlegm, sputum, mucus, mucous secretion
- usage: expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
- 3. languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness, inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
- usage: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
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