verbose

American  

[ver-bohs] / vərˈboʊs /

adjective

1. characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy.

   a verbose report.

   Synonyms:

   loquacious, talkative, voluble, turgid, inflated, tedious, prolix

   Antonyms:

   laconic

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verbose British  

/ vɜːˈbəʊs, vɜːˈbɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. using or containing an excess of words, so as to be pedantic or boring; prolix

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Related Words

See bombastic.

Other Word Forms

• unverbose adjective
• unverbosely adverb
• unverboseness noun
• verbosely adverb
• verboseness noun
• verbosity noun

Etymology

Origin of verbose

1665–75; < Latin verbōsus, equivalent to verb ( um ) word + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

In another, a patient reporting a headache was given a verbose response that said the patient could have anything from something minor to a brain tumor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Skarsgård says he worried about how it would be incorporated during shooting, particularly because Murderbot is so expressionless and not very verbose in many of the actual scenes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

It mimics my chatty style of writing, but it's also a bit repetitive, and very verbose.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

And when people learn I’m a fan of the Mountain Goats — the wildly prolific, verbose and cult-beloved group led by the singer-songwriter-novelist John Darnielle — I am sometimes called upon to be that guide.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023

So though it looks like a polar opposite of the speech that went before it—Everett verbose and ornate where Lincoln was clipped; Everett concrete where Lincoln was abstract—it is a modification rather than a rebuke.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith