prolixness
Too many words
Prolixness is the quality of using more words than necessary—being long-winded or tediously wordy.
The term describes speech or writing that sprawls when it should tighten: The prolixness of his reports made them unreadable.
The adjective is prolix.
Excessive inclination to speak
- garrulityExcessive, tedious talking
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- volubilityExcessive verbal output
logorrhea · turgidity · windiness · discursiveness · expansiveness · overelaboration · chattiness · talkativeness
Redundant expression
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- repetitionAct of redoing
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
excess · unnecessary · superfluous · reiterative · repetitive · duplication · padding · filler
Tiresome lack of change
- dullnessLack of stimulation
- tiresomenessQuality causing weariness
- wearisomenessQuality of causing fatigue
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
dreariness · tedium · plodding · laboriousness · mind-numbing · soporific · enervating · droning
loquacity
Excessive inclination to speak
- garrulityExcessive, tedious talking
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
volubility · logorrhea · turgidity · windiness · discursiveness · expansiveness · overelaboration · chattiness · talkativeness · effusiveness
pleonasm
Redundant expression
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- repetitionAct of redoing
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
surplus · excess · unnecessary · superfluous · reiterative · repetitive · duplication · padding · filler · bloat
monotony
Tiresome lack of change
- dullnessLack of stimulation
- tiresomenessQuality causing weariness
- wearisomenessQuality of causing fatigue
ennui · dreariness · tedium · plodding · laboriousness · mind-numbing · soporific · enervating · droning · interminable
prolixnessbrevity
Shortness of expression
conciseness · terseness · succinctness · concision · laconicism
verbose, prolix, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, diffuseness, prolixly, long-windedness