Meaning of LONG-WINDED
| Pronunciation: | | 'long'windid, l'ongw'indud
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| | Definition: | | [adj] using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" |
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| | Synonyms: | | prolix, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Long"-wind"ed\, a.
Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming
much time; as, a long-winded talker. -- {Long"-wind"ed*ness},
n.
A tedious, long-winded harangue. --South.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 out, flip, fluent, frank, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, harping, humdrum, interminable, invariable, jog-trot, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, longiloquent, long-pending, long-spun, loquacious, marathon, monotonous, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overlong, overtalkative, padded, prolix, prolonged, protracted, singsong, smooth, sociable, spun-out, stretched-out, talkative, talky, tedious, treadmill, uneventful, unrelenting, unvarying, verbose, voluble, windy, wordy |
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