Meaning of revealing in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions
  4. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    revealing

    Definitions

    1. disclosing unintentionally

    Examples

    • « a telling smile »
    • « a telltale panel of lights »
    • « a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down »

    Synonyms

  2. Noun

    revealing

    Definitions

    1. the speech act of making something evident

    Derived terms

  3. Qualitative Adjective

    revealing

    Definitions

    1. showing or making known

    Examples

    • « her dress was scanty and revealing »

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

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