verbose
11verbose — adjective /vɜːˈbəʊs/ a) Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy. Even the most jingoistic of native speakers of Spanish admit their language is verbose; compared to what can be said in a sentence in English …
12verbose — [[t]vɜː(r)bo͟ʊs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a person or a piece of writing as verbose, you are critical of them because they use more words than are necessary, and so make you feel bored or annoyed. [FORMAL] ...verbose… …
13verbose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wordy, prolix, repetitive, talkative. See diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wordy, prolix, tedious, tautologous, redundant, repetitious, circumlocutory, repetitive, periphrastic, abounding in …
14verbose — ver|bose [və:ˈbəus US və:rˈbous] adj using or containing too many words ▪ For once, his usually verbose wife was content to listen. ▪ Legal writing is often unclear and verbose. >verbosely adv >verbosity [və:ˈbɔsıti US və:rˈba: ] n [U] …
15verbose — ver•bose [[t]vərˈboʊs[/t]] adj. expressed in or characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report; a verbose speaker[/ex] • Etymology: 1665–75; < L verbōsus=verb(um) word+ ōsus ose I ver•bose′ly, adv. ver•bos′i•ty… …
16verbose — verbosely, adv. verboseness, n. /veuhr bohs /, adj. characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report. [1665 75; < L verbosus, equiv. to verb(um) WORD + osus OSE1] Syn. prolix; tedious, inflated, turgid; voluble,… …
17verbose — adjective formal using or containing too many words: a verbose sermon compare verbal verbosely adverb verboseness or verbosity noun (U) …
18verbose — adjective try not to be so verbose when you re being interviewed Syn: wordy, loquacious, garrulous, talkative, voluble; long winded, flatulent, lengthy, prolix, tautological, pleonastic, periphrastic, circumlocutory, circuitous, wandering,… …
19verbose — Ho onui ōlelo. Verbose and idle, palaualelo …
20verbose — Synonyms and related words: all jaw, candid, chatty, circumlocutory, communicative, conversational, de longue haleine, de trop, diffuse, dispensable, effusive, endless, excess, expansive, expendable, expletive, extended, filled out, flip, flowery …
