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Antonyms for longwinded


Grammar : Adj
Spell : lawng-win-did, long-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔŋˈwɪn dɪd, ˈlɒŋ-



Definition of longwinded

Origin :
  • also longwinded, 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.).
  • As in indirect : adj roundabout; unintended
  • As in interminable : adj infinite
  • As in lengthy : adj extended
  • As in long : adj interminable, excessive in length
  • As in long-winded : adj wordy
  • As in loquacious : adj talkative
  • As in mouthy : adj talkative
  • As in ponderous : adj dreary, tedious
  • As in rambling : adj disconnected, wordy
  • As in redundant : adj excessive; repetitious
  • As in repetitious : adj wordy, tedious
  • As in talkative : adj excessively communicative
  • As in unexciting : adj dull
  • As in voluble : adj talkative
  • As in windy : adj talkative; boastful
  • As in wordy : adj talkative
  • As in oratorical : adj rhetorical
  • As in conversational : adj talkative
  • As in long-drawn-out : adj long
  • As in periphrastic : adj wordy
  • As in pleonastic : adj wordy
  • As in talky : adj talkative
  • As in diffuse : adj wordy
  • As in discursive : adj rambling
  • As in dull : adj boring, uninteresting
  • As in gabby : adj talkative
  • As in garrulous : adj talkative
Example sentences :
  • All of which was a longwinded way of saying the Grass was overrunning Illinois.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • Then Billy Harden gets the floor, and squares away fur a longwinded speech telling why.
  • Extract from : « Danny's Own Story » by Don Marquis
  • We say that it is easier to teach a child by means of short pithy sentences than by longwinded and involved dittoes.
  • Extract from : « The Nurserymatograph » by A Lawyer
  • It could produce at once the longwinded rhapsodies of Filmer and, by repulsion, the wearisome reiterations of Algernon Sidney.
  • Extract from : « Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham » by Harold J. Laski
  • Judge Colver thereupon essayed, in his longwinded, heavy way, to impart to the new arrival the story they had just heard.
  • Extract from : « The Man from Jericho » by Edwin Carlile Litsey

Synonyms for longwinded

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