{ "phlegm":{ "a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{ "examples":[ "a man of remarkable phlegm , never showing enthusiasm nor displeasure" ], "synonyms":[ "affectlessness", "apathy", "emotionlessness", "impassiveness", "impassivity", "insensibility", "numbness" ], "near synonyms":[ "bloodlessness", "callosity", "callousness", "coldness", "coolness", "halfheartedness", "hard-heartedness", "hardness", "heartlessness", "imperturbability", "insensitivity", "obduracy", "blankness", "deadness", "emptiness", "vacancy", "aloofness", "detachment", "indifference", "unconcern", "stiffness", "woodenness" ], "near antonyms":[ "compassion", "empathy", "pity", "sympathy", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "responsiveness", "sensitivity", "solicitude", "tenderness", "understanding", "warmth", "hand-wringing", "histrionics", "hysteria", "hysterics", "melodrama", "vehemence" ], "antonyms":[ "emotion", "feeling", "sensibility" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "phlegmatic":{ "not feeling or showing emotion":{ "examples":[ "a strangely phlegmatic response to what should have been happy news" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "apathetic", "cold-blooded", "emotionless", "impassible", "impassive", "numb", "passionless", "stoic", "stoical", "stolid", "undemonstrative", "unemotional" ], "near synonyms":[ "cold", "cool", "dispassionate", "unmoved", "calm", "collected", "composed", "imperturbable", "unflappable", "reserved", "reticent", "taciturn", "bland", "blank", "deadpan", "dry", "empty", "expressionless", "inexpressive", "stone-faced", "straight-faced", "vacant", "wooden", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "impenetrable", "inscrutable", "aloof", "bloodless", "detached", "indifferent", "insensible", "unconcerned", "unsentimental", "impersonal", "objective", "unresponsive", "hard-hearted", "pitiless", "unfeeling", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless" ], "near antonyms":[ "blazing", "burning", "fiery", "flaming", "glowing", "red-hot", "ardent", "enthusiastic", "gung ho", "warm-blooded", "zealous", "gushing", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "sentimental", "dramatic", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "overemotional", "overheated", "perfervid", "compassionate", "responsive", "sympathetic", "reactive", "sensitive" ], "antonyms":[ "demonstrative", "emotional", "fervent", "fervid", "hot-blooded", "impassioned", "passional", "passionate", "vehement" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }