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prolix
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prolix
WORDS RELATED TO
PROLIX
flatulent
adjective
pretentious, long-winded
bombastic
inflated
oratorical
overblown
pompous
prolix
shallow
superficial
swollen
tedious
tumescent
tumid
turgid
windy
wordy
flowery
adjective
ornate, especially referring to speech or writing
aureate
baroque
bombastic
declamatory
diffuse
embellished
euphemistic
euphuistic
fancy
figurative
florid
grandiloquent
high-flown
magniloquent
ornamented
overwrought
prolix
purple
redundant
rhetorical
rococo
sonorous
swollen
verbose
windy
wordy
gabby
adjective
talkative
chattering
chatty
effusive
garrulous
glib
gossiping
gushing
jabbering
long-winded
loose-lipped
loquacious
mouthy
prattling
prolix
talky
verbose
voluble
windy
wordy
garrulous
adjective
talkative
babbling
blabbermouth
chattering
chatty
effusive
flap jaw
gabby
glib
gossiping
gushing
long-winded
loose-lipped
loose-tongued
loquacious
motormouth
mouthy
prating
prattling
prolix
prosy
running on at the mouth
verbose
voluble
wind-bag
windy
wordy
yakkity
yakky
inflated
adjective
exaggerated
aggrandized
amplified
augmented
aureate
bloated
bombastic
diffuse
dilated
distended
dropsical
enlarged
euphuistic
extended
filled
flatulent
flowery
fustian
grandiloquent
grown
magnified
magniloquent
ostentatious
overblown
overestimated
pompous
pretentious
prolix
puffed
pumped up
ranting
rhapsodical
rhetorical
showy
spread
stretched
surcharged
swollen
tumescent
tumid
turgid
verbose
windy
wordy
lengthy
adjective
extended
diffuse
dragging
drawn-out
elongate
elongated
interminable
lengthened
long
long-winded
longish
overlong
padded
prolix
prolonged
protracted
tedious
tiresome
verbose
very long
wearisome
windy
wordy
long
adjective
interminable, excessive in length
boundless
delayed
diffuse
diffusive
dilatory
dragging
drawn-out
for ages
forever and a day
late
lengthy
limitless
lingering
long-drawn-out
long-winded
overlong
prolix
prolonged
protracted
slow
sustained
tardy
unending
verbose
without end
wordy
long-drawn-out
adjective
long
boundless
delayed
diffuse
diffusive
dilatory
dragging
drawn-out
for ages
forever and a day
late
lengthy
limitless
lingering
long-winded
overlong
prolix
prolonged
protracted
slow
sustained
tardy
unending
verbose
without end
wordy
long-winded
adjective
wordy
bombastic
chatty
gabby
garrulous
loquacious
palaverous
prolix
rambling
talkative
verbose
voluble
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