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adjective
- 1. using or expressed in more words than are needed: "much academic language is obscure and verbose"
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The meaning of VERBOSE is containing more words than necessary : wordy; also : impaired by wordiness. How to use verbose in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Verbose.
VERBOSE definition: 1. using or containing more words than are necessary: 2. using or containing more words than are…. Learn more.
If you're verbose, you use far more words than you need to. A verbose book report goes on and on and is packed with long, complicated words that aren't at all necessary.
If you describe a person or a piece of writing as verbose, you are critical of them because they use more words than are necessary, and so make you feel bored or annoyed.
Verbose definition: characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy. See examples of VERBOSE used in a sentence.
adjective. formal disapproving us / vɚˈboʊs / uk / vɜːˈbəʊs / Add to word list. using or containing more words than are necessary: a verbose explanation / report / speech / style. He was a notoriously verbose after-dinner speaker. Synonyms. long-winded. windy. wordy disapproving. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. talking a lot.
expressed in or characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report; a verbose speaker.
using or containing more words than are needed synonym long-winded. a verbose speaker/style. Much academic language is obscure and verbose. The editors received streams of verbose articles from young hopeful journalists.
If you describe a person or a piece of writing as verbose, you are critical of them because they use more words than are necessary, and so make you feel bored or annoyed.
Definitions of 'verbose' If you describe a person or a piece of writing as verbose, you are critical of them because they use more words than are necessary, and so make you feel bored or annoyed.
