revealing
the speech act of making something evident • Syn: disclosure, revelation • Derivationally related forms: reveal, disclose (for: disclosure) • Hypernyms: speech act • Hyponyms: tattle, singing, telling, display, divulgence, divulgement, discovery, giveaway, informing, ratting, leak, news leak, exposure
1. disclosing unintentionally (Freq. 1) - a telling smile - a telltale panel of lights - a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down • Syn: telling, telltale • Similar to: informative, informatory • Derivationally related forms: telltale (for: telltale), telling (for: telling) 2. showing or making known - her dress was scanty and revealing • Ant: concealing • Similar to: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive
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