diffuse

adj.分散的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
diffuse (adjective)
1.
being at once verbose and ill-organized - a diffuse report from the scene of the earthquake
2.
not concentrated or localized - diffuse lighting wordy
diffuse (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to pour out and permit or cause to spread freely
b) - extend scatter
c) to spread thinly or wastefully
2.
intransitive verb
to subject to - diffusion , especially to break up and distribute (incident light) by reflection
1.
to spread out or become transmitted especially by contact
2.
to undergo diffusion
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
diffuse (adjective)
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea
SYNONYMS:
circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic, long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy
RELATED WORDS:
chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky, voluble; periphrastic; redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous; embellished, embroidered, exaggerated; bombastic, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, highfalutin ( hifalutin)
NEAR ANTONYMS:
brief, short; aphoristic, epigrammatic, sententious; compendious, summary; abbreviated, abridged, condensed, shortened; abrupt, blunt, brusque ( brusk), curt, laconic, snippy
compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse
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