overexplains
Talks past understanding
Overexplains means to explain something in more detail than necessary, often to the point of tedium or condescension.
Someone who overexplains may not trust their audience to grasp simple concepts, or may be anxious about being misunderstood: He overexplains every joke until it's not funny anymore.
The habit can come across as patronizing.
To make understood
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- simplifyMake less complex
- decodeConvert from cipher
unravel · interpret · thorough · step-by-step · comprehensive · detailed · meticulous · painstaking
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
overelaborate · digressive · circumlocutory · redundant · repetitive · exhausting · droning · meandering
Overly concerned with minutiae
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
mansplaining · lecturing · preachy · didactic · know-it-all · fussy · overparticular · captious
Failing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- mind-numbingExtremely tedious or monotonous
plodding · ponderous · draining · numbing · soporific · insufferable · laborious · grinding
elucidate
To make understood
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- simplifyMake less complex
decode · unravel · interpret · thorough · step-by-step · comprehensive · detailed · meticulous · painstaking · granular
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
overwrought · overelaborate · digressive · circumlocutory · redundant · repetitive · exhausting · droning · meandering · tangential
nitpicky
Overly concerned with minutiae
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
patronizing · mansplaining · lecturing · preachy · didactic · know-it-all · fussy · overparticular · captious · persnickety
boring
Failing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
mind-numbing · plodding · ponderous · draining · numbing · soporific · insufferable · laborious · grinding · slog
overexplainssummarizes
Restates in brief
condenses · abbreviates · truncates · shortens · streamlines
overexplainsunderexplains
Provides insufficient elaboration
understates · glosses over · skims · abbreviates · summarizes