Revealing

//ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of revealing; the process of revealing; something revealed.

    "It became clear that we were witnessing a great revealing of secrets."

  2. 2
    the speech act of making something evident wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of reveal form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Informative.

    "Lest anyone on the left think that Tucker [Carlson] and his friends are potential anti-capitalist allies, their specific objections to corporate capitalism are revealing. To them, the real issue is not labor exploitation, but rather the “corporate alliance with the progressive left.”"

  2. 2
    Allowing more than is usual to be seen.

    "Her shirt is rather revealing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    disclosing unintentionally something concealed wordnet
  2. 2
    showing or making known wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
disclosuredisclosurerevelation;apocalypseapocalypse

Example

More examples

"The public servant leaked the secret and he was prosecuted for revealing a state secret."

Etymology

From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing.

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