Synonyms for "prolixing" (117 found)

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Closest matches (24)

chattydiffuseloquacioustalkativeall jawarticulateblahboringbroken-recordcandidcommunicativeconversationalde longue haleinede tropdiscursivedispensabledrearisomedrearydrydryasdust

Adjective(4 words)

bombasticcircumlocutorydiffusedreich

Strong matches (35)

dulldustyeffusiveendlesseverlastingexcessexpansiveexpendableexpletiveextendedfilled outflipfloweryfluentfrankgabbygarrulousgassyglibgossipy

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gratuitousgregariousgushyharpinghumdrumin excessinflatedinvariableirksomejog trotjog-trotlengthylonglong winded

Adjective(1 words)

fustian

Related words (58)

long-drawn-outlong-spunlong-windedlongiloquentmonotonousmultiloquentmultiloquiousneedlessnewsynonessentialovertalkativepaddedpleonasticponderousprolongedprotractedramblingredundantrepetitiousrhetorical

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singsongsmoothsociablesparespun-outsupererogatorysuperfluoustalkytautologictautologicaltautologoustedioustiresometo sparetreadmilluncalled foruncalled-forunessentialuneventfulunnecessaryunneededunrelentingunvaryingverbalverbosevolublewearisomewindywordy

Adjective(8 words)

palaverousperiphrasticpleonasticrigmarolesesquipedaliansonorousverbosewordy

Adjective(1 words)

verbal

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