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prolix
prolix
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prolix
WORDS RELATED TO
PROLIX
longer
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
longest
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
loquacious
adjective
talkative
babbling
chattering
chatty
fluent
gabby
garrulous
gossipy
jabbering
long-winded
loose-lipped
motormouth
multiloquent
prolix
verbose
voluble
wordy
yacking
periphrastic
adjective
wordy
bombastic
chatty
diffuse
discursive
flatulent
gabby
garrulous
inflated
lengthy
long-winded
loquacious
palaverous
pleonastic
prolix
rambling
redundant
rhetorical
tedious
turgid
verbose
voluble
windy
pleonastic
adjective
wordy
bombastic
chatty
diffuse
discursive
flatulent
gabby
garrulous
inflated
lengthy
long-winded
loquacious
palaverous
periphrastic
prolix
rambling
redundant
rhetorical
tedious
turgid
verbose
voluble
windy
ponderous
adjective
dreary, tedious
arid
barren
cardboard
dry
dull
heavy
humdrum
labored
lifeless
long-winded
monotonous
pedantic
pedestrian
plodding
prolix
stiff
stilted
stodgy
stuffy
vapid
verbose
wooden
prolonged
adjective
drawn-out
continued
delayed
extended
lengthened
prolix
protracted
sustained
rambling
adjective
disconnected, wordy
circuitous
confused
desultory
diffuse
digressive
discursive
disjointed
incoherent
incongruous
irregular
long-winded
periphrastic
prolix
redundant
adjective
excessive; repetitious
bombastic
de trop
diffuse
extra
extravagant
inessential
inordinate
iterating
long-winded
loquacious
oratorical
padded
palaverous
periphrastic
pleonastic
prolix
reiterating
spare
supererogatory
superfluous
supernumerary
surplus
tautological
unnecessary
unwanted
verbose
wordy
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