くどくどしい

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Meanings

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i-adjective

long-winded; verbose; repetitive

usually written using kana alone

Describes speech or writing that is tediously repetitive and overly detailed, often with a negative connotation.

彼かれの説せつ明めいはいつもくどくどしくて、要よう点てんがわからない。
His explanations are always long-winded, and I can't grasp the main point.

くどくどしい言いい訳わけはやめて、事じ実じつだけを話はなしてください。

Stop making verbose excuses and just tell me the facts.

Written forms

くどくどしいUsage100%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 諄諄しい and 諄々しい are rare and may not be recognized by many readers.
諄くど諄くどしい
Rare kanji form; the character 諄 is not commonly used.
諄くど々くどしい
Rare kanji form using the iteration mark 々.

Kanji

諄tedious

Similar words

しつこい
しつこい emphasizes persistence and annoyance (e.g., a persistent person or lingering taste), while くどくどしい focuses on excessive wordiness and repetition in speech or writing.
長ながったらしい
長ったらしい simply means 'long and tedious' in a general sense, whereas くどくどしい specifically implies repetitive and overly detailed expression.

Etymology

Derived from the adverb くどくど (repetitively, tediously) + the adjectival suffix しい. The origin of くどくど is uncertain, but it is likely a mimetic or sound-symbolic word.