long-winded Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- redundant
- exaggerated
- diffuse
- pleonastic
- conversational
- windy
- prolix
- wordy
- circuitous
- talkative
- communicative
- garrulous
- verbose
- circumlocutory
Weak:
Strongest:
- pithy
- succinct
- pithy
- crisp
- short
- concise
- terse
- terse
- brief
- short
- concise
- succinct
- compact
- crisp
- compact
- brief
Strong:
- condensed
- blunt
- condensed
- summary
- abbreviated
- abbreviated
- abridged
- epigrammatic
- sententious
- abridged
- aphoristic
- summary
- compendious
- compendious
- blunt
- aphoristic
- sententious
- epigrammatic
Weak:
long-winded Meaning
long-winded (s)
using or containing too many words
long-winded (a.)
Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
long-winded Sentence Examples
- The professor's long-winded lecture put the students to sleep.
- The politician's long-winded speech dragged on for hours.
- The lawyer's long-winded closing argument left the jury exhausted.
- The report was so long-winded that no one could finish reading it.
- The article was full of long-winded sentences that made it hard to understand.
- The salesperson's long-winded pitch for the product went on for 30 minutes.
- The movie was so long-winded that it felt like it would never end.
- The instructions were so long-winded that it took me an hour to assemble the product.
- The novel was so long-winded that I had to take breaks throughout the day to finish it.
- The meeting was so long-winded that I lost track of what we were discussing.
FAQs About the word long-winded
using or containing too many wordsLong-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
rambling, redundant, exaggerated, diffuse, pleonastic, conversational, windy, prolix, wordy, circuitous
pithy,succinct, pithy, crisp, short, concise, terse, terse, brief, short
The professor's long-winded lecture put the students to sleep.
The politician's long-winded speech dragged on for hours.
The lawyer's long-winded closing argument left the jury exhausted.
The report was so long-winded that no one could finish reading it.
