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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

use one too many words to express oneself;

e.g. Her speech was wordy and unorganized.

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Similar Words

Circuitous

Communicative

Diffuse

Garrulous

Lexical

Linguistic

Long-winded

Prolix

Rambling

Rhetoric

Rhetorical

Verbal

Verbose

Voluble

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Opposite Words

Abbreviated

Abridged

Abrupt

Blunt

Brief

Brusque

Capsule

Closemouthed

Compact

Compendious

Condensed

Crisp

Curt

Direct

Dumb

Forthright

Foursquare

Laconic

Pithy

Plain

Reserved

Reticent

Self-contained

Sententious

Short

Silent

Snippy

Straight

Straightforward

Succinct

Summary

Taciturn

Tight-lipped

Uncommunicative

Well-turned

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Related Words

Bombastic

Chatty

Communicative

Embroidered

Exaggerated

Flatulent

Fustian

Gabby

Garrulous

Gaseous

Gassy

Hifalutin

Highfalutin

Loquacious

Mouthy

Oratorical

Orotund

Redundant

Repetitious

Rhetorical

Talkative

Talky

Tautological

Voluble

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