longwinded
Going on forever
Longwinded describes speech or writing that goes on too long, using more words than necessary to make a point.
A longwinded speaker tests the audience's patience.
A longwinded explanation buries the essential information.
The word suggests not just length but tedious, meandering excess: His longwinded answer to a simple question lasted twenty minutes.
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- verboseMore words than necessary
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- garrulousTediously long-winded
diffuse · pleonastic · redundant · superfluous · padded · expansive · voluble · talkative
Following a winding course
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- digressiveTending to stray topically
- discursiveTending to wander topically
- circuitousIndirect, winding path
roundabout · circumlocutory · periphrastic · tangential · unfocused · scattered · disjointed · maundering
Failing to engage interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- dullLacking edge or interest
dreary · plodding · ponderous · laborious · dry · repetitive · droning · sleep-inducing
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- ornateElaborately decorated
- turgidSwollen or pompous
fustian · orotund · rhetorical · declamatory · pretentious · ostentatious · overblown · highfalutin
wordy
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- verboseMore words than necessary
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
garrulous · diffuse · pleonastic · redundant · superfluous · padded · expansive · voluble · talkative · effusive
meandering
Following a winding course
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- digressiveTending to stray topically
- discursiveTending to wander topically
circuitous · roundabout · circumlocutory · periphrastic · tangential · unfocused · scattered · disjointed · maundering · convoluted
boring
Failing to engage interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
dull · dreary · plodding · ponderous · laborious · dry · repetitive · droning · sleep-inducing · soporific
grandiloquent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
turgid · fustian · orotund · rhetorical · declamatory · pretentious · ostentatious · overblown · highfalutin · magniloquent
longwindeddirect
Undeviating or to guide
straightforward · blunt · to the point · forthright · plain-spoken
longwindedriveting
Completely holding one's attention
captivating · gripping · engaging · compelling · spellbinding
unwind, winds, winded, unwinding, windbag, rewind, long-winded, rewinding, winder