verbose
adjective
formaldisapprovinguk/vɜːˈbəʊs/us/vɚˈboʊs/using orcontainingmore words than arenecessary:
啰唆的;冗长的,累赘的a verboseexplanation/report/speech/style啰唆的解释/冗长的报告/冗长的演讲/言辞冗赘的风格
He was anotoriouslyverbose after-dinnerspeaker.他在饭后讲起话来是出了名地啰唆。
Synonyms
long-winded
windy
wordydisapproving
talking a lot
- talkativeShe's very happy, talkative, and outgoing.
- loquaciousOnce a loquacious politician, he now makes rarely grants interviews and reads speeches from texts.
- chattyThe advisor was friendly and chatty.
- garrulousHer normally garrulous mother had little to say on the subject.
- volubleEvelyn was very voluble on the rights of women.
- long-windedHe can be a long-winded bore.
Talking too much
- ass
- bend
- bendsomeone'searidiom
- blab
- blah
- drivel
- edgeways
- have a lot to say foryourselfidiom
- long-winded
- maundering
- overplayyourhandidiom
- say
- talk
- talk the hind leg(s) off a donkeyidiom
- verbosely
- verbosity
- wang
- whang
- whang on
- wordy
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