prosy
Dull and flat
Prosy describes speech or writing that is dull, tedious, and lacking imagination—prose in its most plodding form.
A prosy sermon or prosy lecture drones on without spark or style.
The word suggests not just plainness but wearying monotony: His prosy explanations put half the class to sleep.
Lacking distinctive qualities
- uninterestingFailing to hold attention
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- drabDull and cheerless
- humdrumLacking variety or excitement
flat · vapid · insipid · colorless · lackluster · mundane · banal · tame
Overused and unoriginal
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
- clichedOverused and unoriginal
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- stereotypedReduced to oversimplified traits
stale · tired · unimaginative · banal · formulaic · stock · conventional · predictable
Using more language than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
- discursiveTending to wander topically
digressive · meandering · prolix · circumlocutory · overwritten · padded · drawn-out · pleonastic
bland
Lacking distinctive qualities
- uninterestingFailing to hold attention
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- drabDull and cheerless
humdrum · flat · vapid · insipid · colorless · lackluster · mundane · banal · tame · uninspiring
hackneyed
Overused and unoriginal
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
- clichedOverused and unoriginal
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
stereotyped · stale · tired · unimaginative · banal · formulaic · stock · conventional · predictable · worn-out
wordy
Using more language than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
discursive · digressive · meandering · prolix · circumlocutory · overwritten · padded · drawn-out · pleonastic · periphrastic
prosyengrossing
Completely holding one's attention
absorbing · captivating · riveting · gripping · fascinating
prosylyrical
Musically expressive
poetic · eloquent · evocative · expressive · mellifluous
- spare prose
- purple proseOverly elaborate, emotional writing
- fictional proseImagined stories in writing
- concise proseBrief, efficient written expression
- prose and verseWriting's basic categories
- prose styleWriter's characteristic expression