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phlegmy

Meaning of "phlegmy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PHLEGMY

ˈflɛmɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHLEGMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phlegmy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PHLEGMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of phlegmy in the English dictionary

The definition of phlegmy in the dictionary is consisting of or characterized by phlegm or mucus. Other definition of phlegmy is stolid or indifferent.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHLEGMY

chemmy · Emmy · femmy · gremmie · jemmy · meltemi · semi · tremie · whemmle

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHLEGMY

phlebotomies · phlebotomise · phlebotomist · phlebotomize · phlebotomy · Phlegethon · phlegm · phlegmagogic · phlegmagogue · phlegmasia · phlegmatic · phlegmatical · phlegmatically · phlegmaticalness · phlegmaticness · phlegmon · phlegmonic · phlegmonoid · phlegmonous · phloem

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHLEGMY

academy · anatomy · army · astronomy · creamy · domy · dummy · economy · enemy · filmy · Grammy · jimmy · mommy · my · Pigmy · pygmy · tammy · taxonomy · tommy · yummy

Synonyms and antonyms of phlegmy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phlegmy» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PHLEGMY

Find out the translation of phlegmy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of phlegmy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phlegmy» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

phlegmy
570 millions of speakers
en

English

phlegmy
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

phlegmy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

phlegmy
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

phlegmy
278 millions of speakers
pt

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phlegmy
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

phlegmy
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

phlegmy
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Fleksibel
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

phlegmy
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

痰の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

가래
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Phlegmy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phlegmy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

phlegmy
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लेमिम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

balgamlı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

phlegmy
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

phlegmy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

phlegmy
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

phlegmy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phlegmy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flegmatisch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phlegmy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phlegmy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phlegmy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHLEGMY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of phlegmy
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «phlegmy».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phlegmy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHLEGMY»

Discover the use of phlegmy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phlegmy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Food, Health and Identity
Foods with a cooling effect reportedly caused or exacerbated phlegmy, catarrhy conditions; they 'tend to put on a flu really quickly'. Cooling foods (together with other factors) were held responsible for exacerbating hacking coughs, flus and ...
Pat Caplan, 2013
2
The mysteries of Paris
Only imagine that, at a very large party, M. de Lucenay actually said that I had a phlegmy cough ! " " That you had " " A phlegmy cough, my dear lawyer ! a complaint which is really most ridiculously absurd !" " And did you fight about that ?
Marie Joseph Eugène Sue, 1845
3
The Voice Book: Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice
Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice Kate DeVore, Starr Cookman. Q: Is dairy bad for my voice? I have heard that it makes you A: phlegmy. Some people have lactose intolerance or dairy allergy. In those people, dairy can produce ...
Kate DeVore, Starr Cookman, 2009
4
The Hippocratic treatise: On glands
... ebv vygov 'the phlegmy matter, being static moistness': the translation 'phlegmy matter' is appropriately vague, following 'somewhat phlegmy' above. Similarly below (17) cpi>[iaTa and (fXey\ioyai are allied as 'pustules of phlegmy matter'.
Elizabeth M. Craik, 2009
5
Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods: Issues and ...
One day with persistent phlegmy cough, some tightness in the chest, and some breathing difficulties. Patient cannot engage in strenuous activity, but can work and do ordinary daily activities. One Day of persistent nausea and headache, with ...
Ståle Navrud, Richard C. Ready, 2007
6
The Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases with Chinese ...
water qi intimidating the heart with heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness and vertigo, vomiting of phlegmy drool, a cold body and chilled limbs, chest and ductal glomus and fullness, thirst but no desire to drink, inhibited urination, ...
Simon Becker, Bob Flaws, Robert Casañas, 2005
7
The house we live in: how to keep it in order; or, The ...
For the sake of accuracy in description and treatment, we designate three species, Phlegmy Croup, Membranous Croup, and Spasmodic Croup. The Phlegmy Croup is the effect of a common, pulmonary catarrh, or a common cold, and from ...
S. P. Sedgwick, 1869
8
American Journal of Dental Science
The first is from certain filthy phlegmy matter which the stomach and vessels do continually breathe and send forth, which does lodge or centre in the mouth, especially between the teeth, and on the gums; and some people having fouler ...
‎1839
9
International Journal of Development Research and ...
The people who suffer due to respiratory illness are divided into three classes. The first one is for minor episode, and the second and third portions for major episode: (i) Minor episode which lasts for one day with respiratory phlegmy cough, ...
Siddhartha Sarkar
10
American Library of Dental Science. ...
And for want of continual cleansing and washing, those breathings and this phlegmy matter turns to putrefaction, which does eat away the gums, as though worms had eaten them. And this defect is generally attributed to the disease called the ...
‎1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHLEGMY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phlegmy is used in the context of the following news items.
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The week in Television: Witnesses; The Encounter of Incapacity …
It's set in Le Trévent, actually a somewhat beguiling place on the special coastal edge of Normandy and Picardy, but here cloudswept, bethundered, phlegmy ... «Observer News, Jul 15»
2
The week in TV: Witnesses; The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime …
... but here cloudswept, bethundered, phlegmy with drizzle and perma-grey; and one of the earliest scenes to charm us is a cluster of shivering ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
AC/DC's 'Back In Black' at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Taking the helm was Brian Johnson, a phlegmy English shrieker with a voice similar -- yet by no means identical -- to Scott's. Shortly after ... «Billboard, Jul 15»
4
Review: Mack and Mabel at the Chichester Festival Theatre
He comes on like gangbusters, delivering the opening song, Movies Were Movies in the kind of phlegmy growl employed by the late Bob ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Boarding a dog? New strain of influenza is going around
And if all of those runny noses, aching muscles and phlegmy coughs aren't enough to wear you out, you now might want to worry, just a bit, ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Experts debunk 5 commonly-held beliefs about durians
"For people whose body constitutions are predisposed to heatiness, overindulgence in durians can induce a phlegmy cough, sore throat and ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
7
Mr Turner sex scene tops UK film complaints
... portrayal of the British landscape painter was "part Michelangelo, part Toad of Toad Hall" and likened him to "a moulting, phlegmy Gruffalo". «BBC News, Jul 15»
8
Durians' thorny issues: Experts debunk 5 commonly-held beliefs …
"For people whose body constitutions are predisposed to heatiness, overindulgence in durians can induce a phlegmy cough, sore throat and ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
9
Texts reveal drama of one very long commute
Never give up on humanity, my son.” “10:12: Baby's back! Phlegmy and screamy in a duet with the toddler. We're only at Beacon, praise be.”. «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
10
SDCC Preview Night Rankings: 'Supergirl,' 'Lucifer,' 'Blindspot …
... propels the show forward, never dwelling on anyone for too long, and knowing exactly when to flash to gruesome, bloody, phlegmy patients. «Pop Insomniacs, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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