long-winded

English

Alternative forms

• longwinded

Etymology

Figurative, from long + winded

Adjective

long-winded (comparative more long-winded, superlative most long-winded)

1. Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.

   He launched into a long-winded discussion of the relative merits of asphalt and concrete.

Synonyms

• garrulous
• See also Wikisaurus:verbose

Antonyms

• laconic, taciturn

Derived terms

• long-windedly

Translations

tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅唆 (cmn), 罗唆 (cmn) (luósuō), 冗長 (cmn), 冗长 (cmn) (rǒngcháng)

• Czech: rozvláčný (cs)
• French: verbeux (fr), prolixe (fr) (overly talkative)

• German: langatmig (de)
• Hungarian: hosszúlélegzetű (hu), terjengős (hu)
• Japanese: 冗長な (ja) (じょうちょうな, jōchō na)
• Russian: многословный (ru) (mnogoslóvnyj), многоречивый (ru) (mnogorečívyj) (of a person)