verbosity
nounHow many syllables in verbosity?
There are 4 syllables in the word verbosity.How to pronounce verbosity:
Definition of verbosity:
- verbosity (noun):
- the excessive use of words
- noun. an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words.
- the quality or state of being verbose or wordy the use of too many words
Synonyms for verbosity:
ambage
circularity
circumlocution
diffuseness
diffusion
exaggeration
expressive style
garrulity
garrulousness
logorrhea
logorrhoea
long-windedness
loquaciousness
periphrasis
prolixity
prolixness
rambling
redundancy
repetition
repetitiousness
repetitiveness
style
verbalism
verbiage
verboseness
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Antonyms for verbosity:
backwardness
brevity
caution
conciseness
constraint
coyness
demureness
diffidence
distance
formality
inhibition
introversion
modesty
quietness
reluctance
repression
reservation
reserve
restraint
reticence
secretiveness
shyness
silence
succinctness
suppression
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- unconfident
- atticism
- excogitate
- passivism
- pestilential
- delectation
- mannerism
- congruity
- elegiac
- overbearing
- emasculate
- desperacy
- onesimus
- beautifully
- quintessential
- affectious
- charismatic
- passionate
- melismatic
- Bodhisattva
- open dating
- examinee
- indignantly
- knowledgeably
- belligerent
- balaclava
- acquiescence
- captivating
- euphemism
- capybara
- accommodate
- disgustingly
- inconvenience
- deceivingly
- oscillation
- anticlockwise
- unthinkable
- personally
- agriculture
- hurriedly
- eloquent
- centillion
- admittedly
- intermingle
- Hiroshima
- advisable
- phenolphthalein
- analytic
- procrastinate
- proverbial
- … more
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