verbose
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7.1
- adjective
- /vɜrˈboʊs/
:
verboroso
- In her report, she identified the author's tendency to be verbose, which detracted from the clarity of her arguments.
- particularly verbose
- verbose documents
- become verbose
This is just yes, and this call is taking longer, but he's just being more verbose and I have no problem with that.
- This is just yes, and this call is taking longer, but he's just being more verbose and I have no problem with that.
- Some people are more verbose, some people are very sparse in in descriptions.
- There has to come a point where you go right enough with the like erudite verbose stuff.
- What gets rewarded is stoicism is not being very verbose and if use in how you're expressing your feelings.
Examples
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Tregellis also writes incredibly descriptive prose without being verbose, making even his minor characters come alive.
Blog text (11) -
The code needed to construct the virtual world is particularly verbose.
Academic text (2012) -
And meanwhile I'll write this rather verbose proof.
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I find him quite verbose.
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Another finding is that students who rarely speak up in traditional settings become quite verbose in an Internet environment.
Academic text (2002) -
I don't mean to be verbose, but he did a good job.
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The statement is verbose, and I think it's projecting something about you as the author.
Blog text (21) -
I find that a great deal of Neopagan ritual is discursive, sometimes verbose, and at its worst didactic.
Blog text (32) -
During the meeting, he was too verbose in his explanations, making it hard to follow his main point.
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The professor's lecture was interesting, but it was also quite verbose, filled with unnecessary details.
Synonyms
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5.8
Saying or writing more words than needed and taking too long
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3.7
Using more words than needed makes the meaning hard to understand
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6.8
Using more words than needed when speaking or writing
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9.5
Using too many words so it is hard to follow
To use more words than needed in speech or writing to say something simple
Using more words than needed to say what you mean in a roundabout way
Talking a lot quickly and without stopping
Using long, difficult words in speech or writing
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Verbose comes from the Latin word verbum meaning 'word' and the small part -ose meaning 'full of', like you see the same root in verb or verbal. So verbose means 'full of words', which is why a verbose text or speech uses more words than needed.