diffuseness
111prolixity — n. Diffuseness, prolixness, verbosity, tedious, length, minute detail …
112redundance — n.; (also redundancy) 1. Excess, superabundance, superfluity, exuberance. 2. Diffuseness …
113repetition — n. 1. Iteration, reiteration. 2. Tautology, pleonasm, redundancy, diffuseness, verbosity. 3. Recital, rehearsal, relation …
114verbiage — n. Wordiness, verboseness, verbosity, prolixity, diffuseness …
115diffuse — 1 verb (I, T) formal 1 to make heat, a gas etc spread so that it mixes with the surrounding air or water: The kitchen stove diffused its warmth all over the house. 2 to spread ideas, information etc among a lot of people: Their ideas diffused… …
116circumlocution — periphrasis, pleonasm, *verbiage, redundancy, tautology Analogous words: prolixity, diffuseness, wordiness, verbosity (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY) Contrasted words: compactness (see corresponding adjectives at CLOSE): conciseness or… …
117garrulity — garrulity, garrulousness talkativeness, loquacity, volubility, glibness (see under TALKATIVE) Analogous words: *verbiage: prolixity, verboseness, diffuseness, wordiness (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY): chattering, prating, babbling,… …
118garrulousness — garrulity, garrulousness talkativeness, loquacity, volubility, glibness (see under TALKATIVE) Analogous words: *verbiage: prolixity, verboseness, diffuseness, wordiness (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY): chattering, prating, babbling,… …
119redundancy — *verbiage, tautology, pleonasm, circumlocution, periphrasis Analogous words: wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, diffuseness (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY): inflatedness or inflation, turgidity, tumidity, flatulence (see corresponding… …
120verbiage — verbiage, redundancy, tautology, pleonasm, circumlocution, periphrasis are comparable when they denote a fault of style or a form or mode of expression involving the use of too many words. Verbiage may imply delight in words for their own sake… …
