You're wasting your time with all this needless repetition, so spare us the long-winded explanation.
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Long-winded
//ˈlɔŋˌwɪndəd//
Synonyms for "long-winded" (68 found)
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Related words (34)
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32 translations across 22 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- prolix adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 長氣 /长气 adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 冗長 /冗长 adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- 絮叨 adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- 羅唆 /罗唆 adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Czech
1 entries- rozvláčný adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Dutch
1 entries- langdradig adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Finnish
3 entries- pitkällinen adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- pitkäpiimäinen adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- pitkäveteinen adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
French
2 entries- prolixe adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- verbeux adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
German
1 entries- langatmig adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Greek
1 entries- απεραντολόγος adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Hungarian
2 entries- hosszú lélegzetű adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- terjengős adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Ido
1 entries- prolixa adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Irish
2 entries- fadchainteach adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- fadálach adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Italian
1 entries- prolisso adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Japanese
1 entries- 冗長な adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Māori
1 entries- autaki adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Occitan
1 entries- prolix adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Polish
1 entries- przegadany adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Portuguese
1 entries- prolixo adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Romanian
3 entries- interminabil adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- prolix adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- tărăgănat adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Russian
2 entries- многоречи́вый adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
- многосло́вный adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Spanish
1 entries- prolijo adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Swedish
1 entries- långrandig adj (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I had to listen to another one of his long-winded stories.
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Save your long-winded explanations for someone else.
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The old professor's lectures are long-winded and ponderous.
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