Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.
Source: tatoeba (1939)
Verbose
/vəˈbəʊs/
Synonyms for "verbose" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Adjective(7 words)
all jawcandidchattycircumlocutorycommunicativeconversationalde longue haleinede tropdiffusediscursivedispensable
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (38)
Noun(3 words)
effusiveendlessexcessexpansiveexpendableexpletiveextendedfilled outflipfloweryfluentfrankgabbygarrulousgassyglibgossipygrandiloquentgratuitousgregarious
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (62)
loquaciousmagniloquentmultiloquentmultiloquiousneedlessnewsynonessentialovertalkativepaddedperiphrasticpleonasticponderousprolixprotractedramblingredundantsmoothsociablesparespun-out
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Determiner(1 words)
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Adjective(13 words)
Noun(3 words)
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3 entrieslinguistic styleoutput stylewriting style
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6 entriesdebug outputdiagnostic logsflowery languagelong-winded proseornate prosewordy phrasing
Collocations
6 entriesverbose descriptionverbose explanationverbose modeverbose outputverbose proseverbose writing
Inflections
2 entriesmore verbosemost verbose
Derivations
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2 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I omit more than an Hundred Things, that would engage to perſonal Reflection; for my Soul hath no Pleaſure in ſtriving therein, as knowing the inconſiſtancy of that uncharitable virulent Temper with a Chriſtian Spirit, which I am aſſured is quite another Thing, from what is Verboſe, Abuſive[,] Cavilling, Airy, and meerly Notional; [...]
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[...] I might ſeem to deſerve juſtly to be accounted a verboſe and ſilly Defender; [...]
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Thy ſonnet is a piece of verboſe fuſtian; and thy preface is compoſed of far-fetch'd expreſſions, vvords that have not the publick ſtamp, perplexed phraſes; in a vvord, thy ſtile is quite peculiar to thyſelf; […]
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