Long-winded

English

Etymology

Figurative, from long + winded

Adjective

Long-winded (comparative more Long-winded, superlative most Long-winded)

1. Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.

   He launched into a long-winded discussion of the relative merits of asphalt and concrete.

Synonyms

• garrulous
• See also Thesaurus:verbose

Antonyms

• laconic, taciturn

Derived terms

• long-windedly

Translations

tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose

Czech: rozvláčný (cs) German: langatmig (de)

Hungarian: hosszúlélegzetű (hu), terjengős (hu)

vi:long-winded