garrulousness

noun

Definition of garrulousnessnext
as in garrulity
the use of too many words to express an idea the garrulousness of the senator's speeches invariably caused every eye in the room to glaze over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garrulousness
  1. garrulity
  2. repetition
  3. wordiness
  4. repetitiveness
  5. verbosity
  6. diffusion
  7. logorrhea
  8. verbalism
Noun
  • Flatulent describes inflated, pretentious writing; garrulity describes excessive talkativeness.
    — Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
Definition of garrulity
Noun
  • Why At a time when images are constantly produced and quickly forgotten, this open call invites artists to create work that resists repetition, holds attention, and makes something felt.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Not only do these dramatic repetitions yield diminishing returns, Hicks also seems to run out of ways to answer with any kind of surprising modulation.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of repetition
Noun
  • Others speak of letting go and moving on, hinting at ideological skirmishes between nihilism and existentialism which aren’t quite allowed to emerge from beneath the film’s oppressive wordiness until late into its runtime.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of wordiness
Noun
  • The repetitiveness of the plot is not helped by the many montages writer-director Yandy Laurens uses as shortcuts, instead of writing scenes that show how the central relationship is developing.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Definition of repetitiveness
Noun
  • His verbosity has become a point of contention.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Clarity In the AI era, verbosity is free and clarity is expensive.
    — Ankur Shah, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of verbosity
Noun
  • As diffusion models and computational power matured toward the end of 2023 and into 2024, the frontier inevitably moved to video.
    — Coco Mao, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Making robots skillful The second stage introduces a latent diffusion model, which gives BeyondMimic its ability to generate and combine movements.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of diffusion
Noun
  • Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Definition of logorrhea
Noun
  • Remaining on stage with gracious verbalism, Batiste first acknowledged the nominees.
    — Allison Hazel, Essence, 9 June 2021
Definition of verbalism
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