Burning and Phlegmatic

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Burning adjective - Being on fire.

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Phlegmatic is an antonym for burning.

Nearby Words: burn, burned, burnt, burnout, burner

Phlegmatic adjective - Not feeling or showing emotion.

Usage example: a strangely phlegmatic response to what should have been happy news

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Burning is an antonym for phlegmatic.

Nearby Word: phlegm

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Phlegmatic and Burning. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burning/phlegmatic

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