as in rambling
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea
had to wade through a verbose letter of complaint
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Recent Examples of verbose
Today hosts a gentle Moon-Chiron trine, empowering your friendly 11th house and your verbose 3rd house.
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Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
Styles speak-sings over cascading keyboards in his most verbose song on the album, which is also his most musically stimulating.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
But Dreher has been giving voice to the yearnings and frustrations of religious conservatives for many years—as a magazine blogger with more than 1 million pageviews a month, an author of best-selling books, and a deliriously verbose writer on Substack.
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Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
Instead, Reeves became Estragon, the more simplistic and long-suffering of the duo, while Winter tackled Vladimir, the more commanding and verbose character.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
Styles speak-sings over cascading keyboards in his most verbose song on the album, which is also his most musically stimulating.
—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
But Dreher has been giving voice to the yearnings and frustrations of religious conservatives for many years—as a magazine blogger with more than 1 million pageviews a month, an author of best-selling books, and a deliriously verbose writer on Substack.
—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
Instead, Reeves became Estragon, the more simplistic and long-suffering of the duo, while Winter tackled Vladimir, the more commanding and verbose character.
—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbose
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Honeysuckle The warm, heady, floral scent of honeysuckle, which is strongest at dusk, is instantly recognizable, and the romantically rambling vines and tubular blooms make the climbing varieties cottage-garden classics.
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Vocals have an offhand nonchalance instead of hogging the spotlight, melodies sneak up on you rather than announce themselves, and the guitars avoid crunchy riffs and overdriven twang in favor of tart rambling and clean supporting chords.
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Llorca recalls the technician being talkative and upbeat throughout most of the exam.
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Some cat breeds are particularly chatty, and their talkative nature is perfectly normal.
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Even the blandest overtures can whip him into a frantic, pornographic, prolix ecstasy.
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Ronald, who with his shock of white hair and prolix tendencies comes off like a frazzled professor, keeps to a more limited circuit writing out of his house and his office.
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Here are the full tiebreaker rules from FIFA for teams that have the same number of points following their three group stage matches (plus a quick translation for a couple of the wordier tiebreakers).
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Legal opinions tend to be dry, wordy, and intentionally vague.
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“Verbose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbose. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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