long-winded
11long-winded — ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ (disapproval) If you describe something that is written or said as long winded, you are critical of it because it is longer than necessary. The manifesto is long winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted …
12long-winded — adjective long winded speeches Syn: verbose, wordy, lengthy, long, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, long drawn out, interminable; discursive, diffuse, rambling, tortuous, meandering, repetitious, maundering; informal windy An …
13long-winded — adjective Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose. He launched into a long winded discussion of the relative merits of asphalt and concrete. Syn: garrulous Ant …
14long-winded — {adj.} Tedious; overlong; given to too much talking. * /Everyone was bored by the old man s long winded stories./ …
15long-winded — {adj.} Tedious; overlong; given to too much talking. * /Everyone was bored by the old man s long winded stories./ …
16long-winded — adj. Long winded is used with these nouns: ↑speech …
17long-winded — adj tedious; overlong; given to too much talking. Everyone was bored by the old man s long winded stories …
18long winded — Synonyms and related words: all jaw, blah, broken record, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, de longue haleine, drawn out, drearisome, dreary, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, effusive, endless, everlasting, expansive, extended, filled… …
19long-winded — adjective Date: 1589 1. tediously long in speaking or writing 2. not easily subject to loss of breath • long windedly adverb • long windedness noun …
20long-winded — adjective 1》 tediously lengthy. 2》 archaic capable of doing something for a long time without becoming breathless. Derivatives long windedly adverb long windedness noun …
