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phlegmy

phlegmy

1 7.9
Full of thick liquid in the throat or chest
  • adjective
  • /ˈflɛɡmi/
: flemoso
  • His voice and eyes were phlegmy and aimless.
  • phlegmy cough
  • phlegmy voice

Examples

  • "There's your chance, Harry!" He laughed a throaty, phlegmy laugh.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Instead, he pulled in a phlegmy breath and said, "You keep the book."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I don't like when they have the phlegmy cough infection.

  • "I'm not going anywhere," she answered with a phlegmy chuckle.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Patients describe their cough in a variety of ways, such as dry, chesty, phlegmy, occasional, or persistent.

    Academic text (2011)

  • That jaw gave a thickness to the lower part of her face that seemed reflected in the phlegmy growl of her voice.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The patient had a persistent, phlegmy cough that lasted for weeks.

  • She tried to clear her throat of the phlegmy buildup that was making her voice sound hoarse.

  • After catching a cold, he often experienced a phlegmy sensation in his chest.

Antonyms

dry
885 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

clear
726 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

How Mucous

phlegmy
1 7.9
mucous
  • Specialized
12 6.8
moist
101 1.0
dry
885 1.0

Surface Forms

phlegmy positive

Morphology

phlegmy = phlegm (transparent) = phlegm + y

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-y' to 'phlegm'; the meaning 'full of or characterized by phlegm' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Phlegmy comes from the noun phlegm, which means 'thick mucus' from your throat or lungs. So, something phlegmy is full of or produces that thick mucus, like a cough or a rough voice.