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Meanings of
verbiage
in English
Portuguese
dicção
Catalan
verbositat
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The manner in which something is expressed in words.
wording
diction
phraseology
phrasing
choice of words
Portuguese
dicção
Catalan
xerrameca
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Overabundance of words.
verbalism
Catalan
xerrameca
Synonyms
Examples for "
verbalism
"
verbalism
Examples for "
verbalism
"
1
Though it can be cultivated, good
verbalism
is an innate ability, and a most valuable one.
2
In Mr. Bradley's difficulty in seeing how sugar can be sweet intellectualism outstrips itself and becomes openly a sort of
verbalism
.
3
It is too late to eliminate the factor of sheer
verbalism
in the already blazing war between "fascism" and "communism".
4
But if he forgets that he has substituted and simplified, he soon lapses into
verbalism
,
and begins to talk about names regardless of objects.
5
To me, Tennyson shows more than any poet I know (perhaps has been a warning to me) how much there is in finest
verbalism
.
Usage of
verbiage
in English
1
After the
verbiage
of the campaign, Ms Pelosi's words carry some weight.
2
What chance has a Spanish peasant of understanding this rain of
verbiage
?
3
The other is an obscure but quite typical exercise in ministerial
verbiage
.
4
Stripped of
verbiage
and technicalities, the case is within the humblest comprehension.
5
Mr. MOREHEAD, of North Carolina:-Cannotwe avoid the
verbiage
of the amendment?
6
Commons, both sides, rather liked to hear him struggle with his
verbiage
.
7
Federal government websites are being combed through to apply new
verbiage
.
8
In politics at all levels the greater the
verbiage
the greater the confusion.
9
Beyond the press release
verbiage
,
the picture is far less rosy.
10
For a moment the legal
verbiage
of the instruments bewildered him.
11
The trickiest part about moving to America is adjusting to the American
verbiage
.
12
We'll keep you posted once the new
verbiage
is officially released.
13
The flowery
verbiage
,
the accumulated adjectives, the poetical quotations were overpowering.
14
It's an achievement just to fit the heady
verbiage
into a verse-chorus structure.
15
The Greek and Roman prayers were almost always mere egotistical
verbiage
.
16
In particular, they loathed the hardship of engraving endless
verbiage
upon granitic slabs.
Other examples for "verbiage"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
verbiage
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
legal verbiage
superfluous verbiage
unnecessary verbiage
empty verbiage
flowery verbiage
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Translations for
verbiage
Portuguese
dicção
fraseologia
Catalan
verbositat
dicció
paroleria
fraseologia
xerrameca
Verbiage
through the time
Verbiage
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common