wordier
Using more words
Wordier is the comparative form of wordy—using more words than necessary.
A wordier explanation takes longer to make its point.
The second draft was even wordier than the first.
Something wordier isn't necessarily clearer; often the opposite.
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- discursiveTending to wander topically
- circuitousIndirect, winding path
redundant · repetitive · overwrought · padded · bloated · inflated · diffuse · meandering
Elaborately ornamental in style
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
purple · grandiloquent · magniloquent · bombastic · rhetorical · highfalutin · pompous · pretentious
Closely packed together
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- technicalOf specific methods
- specializedAdapted for particular function
legalistic · bureaucratic · academic · scholarly · pedantic · sesquipedalian · polysyllabic · latinate
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- discursiveTending to wander topically
circuitous · redundant · repetitive · overwrought · padded · bloated · inflated · diffuse · meandering · digressive
flowery
Elaborately ornamental in style
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- elaborateComplex and detailed
overwrought · purple · grandiloquent · magniloquent · bombastic · rhetorical · highfalutin · pompous · pretentious · ostentatious
dense
Closely packed together
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- technicalOf specific methods
specialized · legalistic · bureaucratic · academic · scholarly · pedantic · sesquipedalian · polysyllabic · latinate · obscure
- exact wording
- careful wording
- weasel wordingDeceptively imprecise language
- poor wording