long-winded Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- windy
- diffuse
- conversational
- circuitous
- verbose
- prolix
- circumlocutory
- wordy
- exaggerated
- garrulous
- redundant
- pleonastic
- talkative
- communicative
Weak:
Strongest:
- brief
- terse
- brief
- short
- compact
- succinct
- succinct
- concise
- crisp
- pithy
- concise
- compact
- short
- crisp
- pithy
- terse
Strong:
- blunt
- aphoristic
- epigrammatic
- condensed
- abbreviated
- compendious
- sententious
- summary
- compendious
- sententious
- aphoristic
- epigrammatic
- condensed
- abbreviated
- blunt
- abridged
- summary
- abridged
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, windy, diffuse, conversational, circuitous, verbose, prolix, circumlocutory, wordy, exaggerated
brief, terse, brief, short, compact,succinct, succinct, concise, crisp, pithy
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.
