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wordy

/wur-dee/US // ˈwɜr di //UK // (ˈwɜːdɪ) //

啰嗦,多言寡语,啰嗦的,多言多语

Related Words

lengthy漫长的,冗长的,冗长,漫长long-winded啰嗦,啰嗦的,啰里啰嗦的,啰里啰嗦rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的turgid干涩的,干巴巴的,干瘪的,干涩bombastic轰轰烈烈,虚张声势,轰轰烈烈的,夸夸其谈chatty聊天,健谈,聊斋,健谈的人diffuse弥漫性,扩散,扩散性,弥漫discursive辨证的,辨析性的,辨析性,辨证法flatulent胀气的,胀气,胀气的人,胀气性gabby加比,嘉比,伽比,伽布比garrulous唠唠叨叨,唠叨,唠唠叨叨的,贫嘴inflated膨胀的,膨大的,膨胀,膨胀型loquacious长话短说,长篇大论,长舌妇,长篇大论的prolix冗长的文字,冗长,冗赘,冗赘的redundant冗长的,冗长,冗赘,冗赘的rhetorical修辞学,修辞,修辞的,修辞手法tedious乏味的,乏味,烦琐的,烦人的verbose冗长的,啰嗦,冗长,啰嗦的voluble挥洒自如,滔滔不绝,善于表达的人,口若悬河windy大风,有风,有风的时候,大风天气

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    word·i·er, word·i·est.

    • : characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
    • : pertaining to or consisting of words; verbal.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.talkative
Synonyms
lengthy漫长的,冗长的,冗长,漫长long-winded啰嗦,啰嗦的,啰里啰嗦的,啰里啰嗦rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的turgid干涩的,干巴巴的,干瘪的,干涩bombastic轰轰烈烈,虚张声势,轰轰烈烈的,夸夸其谈chatty聊天,健谈,聊斋,健谈的人diffuse弥漫性,扩散,扩散性,弥漫discursive辨证的,辨析性的,辨析性,辨证法flatulent胀气的,胀气,胀气的人,胀气性gabby加比,嘉比,伽比,伽布比garrulous唠唠叨叨,唠叨,唠唠叨叨的,贫嘴inflated膨胀的,膨大的,膨胀,膨胀型loquacious长话短说,长篇大论,长舌妇,长篇大论的palaverous马马虎虎,马虎了事,马马虎虎的,马虎pleonastic褶皱性,褶皱式,褶皱,褶皱型prolix冗长的文字,冗长,冗赘,冗赘的redundant冗长的,冗长,冗赘,冗赘的rhetorical修辞学,修辞,修辞的,修辞手法tedious乏味的,乏味,烦琐的,烦人的verbose冗长的,啰嗦,冗长,啰嗦的voluble挥洒自如,滔滔不绝,善于表达的人,口若悬河windy大风,有风,有风的时候,大风天气

Examples

  • So expect another wordy blog post from Nick Clegg very soon.

  • The updates his platoons filed every day helped commanders track targets of interest, but they were sometimes wordy or hard to parse.

  • Toxic was cute, Poisonous Pop Princess had a nice ring to it, just a lil wordy!

  • In the parlor, their undisputed court, the ladies received the attention which had been diverted from them by the wordy war.

  • If Guy Oscard was no great adept at wordy warfare, he was at all events strong in his reception of punishment.

  • He looked down the stairs and saw Tom and Tad Sobber near a landing, having a wordy quarrel.

  • Others joined in the wordy attack, much to the elderly woman's confusion and shame.

  • They speak with their lives instead of their tongues, concerning so many things that other people are wordy about.

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