verbose

Adjective Satellite

using or containing too many words
- "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"

Adj

Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.
Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

Adjective

Using or containing more words than needed; wordy.

Examples

His VERBOSE explanation of why ’ZA’ was a good play took longer than the game itself.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin verbōsus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”) + English -ose (suffix meaning ‘full of; like’). Verbōsus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Equivalent to verb + -ose.

Synonyms

long-winded, tedious, windy, wordy, circumlocutory, diffuse, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, rigmarole, sesquipedalian, verbose

Antonyms

concise, taciturn, unverbose, verbose

Scrabble Score: 12

verbose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
verbose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
verbose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

verbose: valid Words With Friends Word