Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
Antonyms for long-winded
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lawng-win-did, long- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔŋˈwɪn dɪd, ˈlɒŋ- |
Definition of long-winded
Origin :- also longwinded, 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.).
- adj wordy
- And then came the reason for all these long-winded preliminaries.
- Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- You know that no Gorgios are so long-winded on genealogies as old mothers in Rom.
- Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
- Well, this looks as if it was going to be a long-winded search.
- Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
- March Marston was always with his mother—deep in his long-winded yarns.
- Extract from : « The Wild Man of the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Not that Jerry disliked Mrs. Bullfinch even though she was long-winded.
- Extract from : « Jerry's Charge Account » by Hazel Hutchins Wilson
- The colonel is long-winded, but then I expect he's lonesome.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- Not to be too long-winded, we carried ridge after ridge of kopje for several miles.
- Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross
- For a letter from you never yet seemed to me either ill-timed or too long-winded.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- We knew later that he had been kept by what he called a long-winded client.
- Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- On the other hand, Emerson evidently tires of Carlyle's long-winded heroes.
- Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs
Synonyms for long-winded
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019