VERBIAGE


Meaning of VERBIAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɜ:(r)biɪdʒ ]

If you refer to someone’s speech or writing as verbiage , you are critical of them because they use too many words, which makes their speech or writing difficult to understand. ( FORMAL )

Stripped of their pretentious verbiage, his statements come dangerously close to inviting racial hatred.

= waffle

N-UNCOUNT [ disapproval ]

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