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wordy

US/ˈwɝdi/

wordy adjective: using an excessive number of words.

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Adjective

wordy (comparative wordier, superlative wordiest)

  1. Using an excessive number of words.
    • The story was long and very wordy.
    • And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24
    Synonyms:
    verbose, pleonastic, sesquipedalian, Wikipedia:Wordy, laconic

wordy meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

wordy in Tamil

சொல்லாலான

wordy in Urdu

کثیر الکلام

wordy in Malayalam

verbose, long-winded, prolix
വളച്ചുകെട്ടിപ്പറയുന്ന, വാചാലമായ, മടുപ്പു ജനിപ്പിക്കുന്ന തരത്തിൽ നീളമുള്ള, വലിച്ചുനീട്ടിയ, വിഷയംവിട്ടു സംസാരിക്കുന്ന, നീട്ടിവലിച്ച

Synonyms of wordy

All synonyms of wordy

Forms of wordy

comparativewordier
superlativewordiest

Origin of wordy

From Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordiġ (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word + -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”).

Words formed from wordy

Words that rhyme with wordy

Questions about wordy

What does wordy mean?
Wordy means using an excessive number of words.
What is wordy in Tamil?
Wordy in Tamil is சொல்லாலான. See Wordy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wordy?
Wordy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wordy?
Wordy is pronounced /ˈwɝdi/ (US).

Words near wordy in the dictionary

  1. wordwise
  2. wordwrap
  3. wordwrapped
  4. wordwrapping
  5. wordwraps
  6. wordy
  7. wore
  8. wore and tore
  9. wore away
  10. wore down
  11. wore horns

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wordy (page history and authors); wordy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wordy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wordy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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