Meanings

1. i-adjectiverepetitious; long-winded; tedious; wordy; verbose; insistent
2. i-adjectiveheavy (taste); (overly) rich; strong; cloying
3. i-adjectivegaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

Examples

• くどいよ君の質問は、もううるさい。

  Stop bugging me with your annoying questions!

• 彼は親切な男だったが、その話のくどさは人をいらいらさせた。

  He was a very kind man, but his verbosity was exasperating.

• 同じことを何回繰り返すの。屋上屋を架すようなくどい説明は勘弁してよ。

  You're wasting your time with all this needless repetition, so spare us the long-winded explanation.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

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