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verboseness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of verboseness

the use of too many words to express an idea

the verboseness of the essay is obviously the result of being forced to meet a minimum-page requirement

Synonyms of verboseness

circumlocution, diffuseness, diffusion, garrulity, garrulousness, logorrhea, long-windedness, periphrasis, prolixity, redundancy, verbalism, verbiage, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness

Words Related to verboseness

circuitousness, circularity, digressiveness

pleonasm, tautology

reiteration, repetition, repetitiousness, repetitiveness

embellishment, embroidering, exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement

Near Antonyms of verboseness

brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness

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