long-winded
Going on endlessly
Long-winded describes speech or writing that goes on too long, using more words than necessary: His long-winded explanation lost the audience.
A person who habitually talks at excessive length is also long-winded.
The word carries mild criticism—suggesting tedium rather than substance.
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- verboseMore words than necessary
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
- pleonasticUnnecessarily wordy in expression
redundant · tautological · padded · superfluous · overwrought · inflated · bloated · overwritten
Tediously long-winded
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- volubleInclined to talk freely
- chattyInclined to converse freely
- talkativeInclined to speak much
effusive · gushing · blathering · prattling · babbling · jabbering · mouthy · gabby
Aggressive lengthy scolding
- rantAngry prolonged outburst
- perorateSpeak at pompous length
- speechifyTalk long-windedly, formally
- declaimSpeak rhetorically, dramatically
pontificate · sermonize · filibuster · grandiloquent · bombastic · rhetorical · florid · ornate
Failing to engage interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- drearyDull and depressing
dull · dry · plodding · ponderous · laborious · interminable · never-ending · exhausting
wordy
Using more language than necessary
pleonastic · redundant · tautological · padded · superfluous · overwrought · inflated · bloated · overwritten · circumlocutory
garrulous
Tediously long-winded
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- volubleInclined to talk freely
- chattyInclined to converse freely
talkative · effusive · gushing · blathering · prattling · babbling · jabbering · mouthy · gabby
harangue
Aggressive lengthy scolding
declaim · pontificate · sermonize · filibuster · grandiloquent · bombastic · rhetorical · florid · ornate · pompous
boring
Failing to engage interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
dreary · dull · dry · plodding · ponderous · laborious · interminable · never-ending · exhausting · droning
- talkativechatty, verbose, wordy, mouthy, gossipy
- tedioustedious, tiresome, wearisome, boring, monotonous
- digressionsdigression, tangent, aside, sidetrack, detour
- circumlocutioncircumlocution, indirection, indirectness, roundabout, roundaboutness
- wind wordsbreeze, gust, draft, gale, squall