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revealing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun revealing has 1 sense
- revealing(n = noun.communication) disclosure, revelation - the speech act of making something evident; Array has particulars: singing, tattle, telling, display, divulgement, divulgence, discovery, discovery, giveaway, informing, ratting, leak, news leak, exposure
is a kind of speech act
Derived form verb reveal2
Adjective revealing has 2 senses
- revealing(s = adj.all) telling, telltale - disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"
- revealing(a = adj.all) Array - showing or making known; "her dress was scanty and revealing" Antonym: concealing
THESAURUS
revealing
apocalypse, apocalyptic, baring, betraying, clear, clear as crystal, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, diaphane, diaphanous, disclosing, disclosive, disclosure, discovering, discovery, expose, exposing, exposition, exposure, eye-opening, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, laying bare, light-pervious, limpid, lucid, manifestation, nonopaque, patefaction, peekaboo, pellucid, removing the veil, revealment, revelation, revelational, revelatory, see-through, sheer, showing, showing up, showup, stripping, talkative, thin, transparent, transpicuous, uncloaking, unclouded, uncovering, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping
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