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单词 long-winded
释义

long-winded

adjective

long-wind·​ed ˌlȯŋ-ˈwin-dəd How to pronounce long-winded (audio)
ˈlȯŋ-ˌwin-
1
: tediously long in speaking or writing
2
: not easily subject to loss of breath
long-windedly adverb
long-windedness noun

Synonyms

  • circuitous
  • circumlocutory
  • diffuse
  • garrulous
  • logorrheic
  • pleonastic
  • prolix
  • rambling
  • verbose
  • windy
  • wordy
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Word History

First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

long-winded

adjective

long-wind·​ed
ˈlȯŋ-ˈwin-dəd
: using or having too many words
a long-winded explanation
a long-winded speaker

long-winded

adjective

as in rambling
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea his long-winded explanation could have been boiled down to two sentences

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • rambling
  • wordy
  • prolix
  • verbose
  • talkative
  • exaggerated
  • circumlocutory
  • circuitous
  • diffuse
  • garrulous
  • redundant
  • pleonastic
  • conversational
  • communicative
  • logorrheic
  • windy
  • loquacious
  • talky
  • repetitious
  • voluble
  • chatty
  • gabby
  • tautological
  • tautologous
  • periphrastic
  • bombastic
  • grandiloquent
  • gaseous
  • gassy
  • hifalutin
  • embellished
  • embroidered
  • highfalutin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • succinct
  • pithy
  • concise
  • terse
  • brief
  • short
  • sententious
  • compact
  • crisp
  • epigrammatic
  • summary
  • aphoristic
  • abbreviated
  • compendious
  • condensed
  • blunt
  • laconic
  • brusque
  • curt
  • abrupt
  • abridged
  • snippy
  • shortened
  • brusk
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