Revelatory

/[ˈɹɛvələtoɹi]/ adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation.

    "Near-synonym: revealing"

  2. 2
    Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom wordnet
  2. 2
    (usually followed by ‘of’) pointing out or revealing clearly wordnet

Synonyms

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apocalypticapocalypticalapocalypticaldemonstrativedisclosiveeducational

Example

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"He's been having revelatory dreams."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. By surface analysis, revelate + -ory.

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