Sententious and Verbose

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Sententious adjective - Marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning.

Usage example: memoirs that are filled with sententious observations on love, marriage, and happiness

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Verbose is an antonym for sententious.

Nearby Word: sentential

Verbose adjective - Using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea.

Usage example: had to wade through a verbose letter of complaint

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Sententious is an antonym for verbose.

Nearby Words: verbosity, verbosely

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Verbose and Sententious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sententious/verbose

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