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revealing

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re·veal·ing  (r-vlng)
adj.
Permitting an elucidating glimpse or a perception of something intimate or concealed: a very revealing biography; a revealing gown.

re·vealing·ly adv.

revealing
Adjective
1. disclosing information that one did not know: she made several revealing remarks during the interview
2. (of clothes) showing more of the body than is usual
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.revealingrevealing - the speech act of making something evident
tattle, singing, telling - disclosing information or giving evidence about another
speech act - the use of language to perform some act
display - behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of emotion"
divulgement, divulgence - the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
discovery - something that is discovered
discovery - (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
giveaway - an unintentional disclosure
informing, ratting - to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
news leak, leak - unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
exposure - the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
Adj.1.revealing - disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"
informatory, informative - providing or conveying information
2.revealing - showing or making known; "her dress was scanty and revealing"
concealing - covering or hiding; "the concealing darkness"; "concealing curtains prevented discovery"
Translations

revealing [rɪˈviːlɪŋ] adjrevelador(a)
revealing [rɪˈviːlɪŋ] reveal adjrévélateur/trice; [dress] → au décolleté généreux or suggestif
revealing [rɪˈviːlɪŋ] reveal adj (comment, action) → aufschlussreich;
(dress) → tief ausgeschnitten
revealing [rɪˈviːlɪŋ] adjrivelatore/trice; [dress] → scollato/a

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Thus in the Oedipus, the messenger comes to cheer Oedipus and free him from his alarms about his mother, but by revealing who he is, he produces the opposite effect.
These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what signs peculiar to Gothic caligraphy imprinted upon their forms and upon their attitudes, as though with the purpose of revealing that it had been a hand of the Middle Ages which had inscribed them there, and especially the fatal and melancholy meaning contained in them, struck the author deeply.
The light of the half moon fell ghostly through the foliage of trees in spots and patches, revealing much that was unsightly, and the black shadows seemed conspiracies withholding to the proper time revelations of darker import.
 
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