wordy
Using excessive language
Wordy means using more words than necessary.
A wordy email buries its point in excess verbiage.
A wordy explanation takes too long to say something simple.
The criticism applies to speech and writing alike: The essay was wordy and repetitive.
Concise is the opposite.
Inclined to speak much
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- chattyInclined to converse freely
- volubleInclined to talk freely
- effusiveUnrestrainedly emotional in expression
gabby · mouthy · babbling · jabbering · prattling · gossipy · conversational · blabbermouth
More words than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- pleonasticUnnecessarily wordy in expression
tautological · circumlocutory · periphrastic · diffuse · digressive · discursive · padded · overwrought
Fluent and persuasive
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- descriptivePortraying with specific details
evocative · graphic · illustrative · poignant · meaningful · emphatic · forceful · suggestive
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- floweryElaborately ornamental in style
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- turgidSwollen or pompous
ornate · rhetorical · pompous · overwrought · purple · high-flown · elaborate · embellished
talkative
Inclined to speak much
effusive · gabby · mouthy · babbling · jabbering · prattling · gossipy · conversational · blabbermouth · chatterbox
verbose
More words than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- redundantExceeding what's needed
pleonastic · tautological · circumlocutory · periphrastic · diffuse · digressive · discursive · padded · overwrought · superfluous
eloquent
Fluent and persuasive
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- vividIntensely clear and bright
descriptive · evocative · graphic · illustrative · poignant · meaningful · emphatic · forceful · suggestive · expressive
florid
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- floweryElaborately ornamental in style
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
turgid · ornate · rhetorical · pompous · overwrought · purple · high-flown · elaborate · embellished · affected
- talkativechatty, verbose, mouthy, gossipy, rambling
- writing stylesformal, informal, minimalism, maximalism, concise
- Overblown Wordspompous, bombastic, grandiose, inflated, overblown
- prose qualitiesclarity, eloquence, coherence, conciseness, flow
- speaking stylesarticulate, blunt, candid, conversational, casual
- Language Wordsverbal, oral, written, spoken, fluent
wordytaciturn
Habitually uncommunicative
laconic · untalkative · reticent · terse · curt
wordynonverbal
Not using speech
nonlinguistic · taciturn · untalkative · silent · mute
- bad wordsOffensive or taboo vocabulary
- the wordAuthoritative truth or promise
- word of mouthInformation passed through conversation
- get a word in edgewiseContribute to monopolized talk
- in other wordsRestating for clarity
- spread the wordCommunicate information broadly
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