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单词 revealing
释义

revealing

adjective

re·​veal·​ing ri-ˈvē-liŋ How to pronounce revealing (audio)
: allowing a look at or an understanding of something inner or hidden
a revealing confession
also : tending to expose more typically hidden parts of the body
a revealing halter top
revealingly adverb

Synonyms

  • eloquent
  • expressive
  • meaning
  • meaningful
  • pregnant
  • revelatory
  • significant
  • suggestive
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Example Sentences

The book is a revealing account of being part of a gang. Her comments about her childhood were revealing. She wore a very revealing shirt. That skirt is much too revealing.
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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1925, in the meaning defined above

revealing 1 of 2

adjective

as in suggestive
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood) the pundit's comments were particularly revealing and exposed some of his more distasteful prejudices

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • suggestive
  • expressive
  • eloquent
  • meaning
  • revelatory
  • reminiscent
  • meaningful
  • significant
  • vivid
  • pregnant
  • evocative
  • graphic
  • pictorial
  • redolent
  • graphical
  • rich
  • flavorful
  • sententious
  • weighty
  • full-bodied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unexpressive

revealing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of reveal
1
as in disclosing
to make known (as information previously kept secret) at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • disclosing
  • uncovering
  • discovering
  • exposing
  • telling
  • sharing
  • divulging
  • announcing
  • unveiling
  • spilling
  • baring
  • unmasking
  • confiding
  • leaking
  • publishing
  • posting
  • acknowledging
  • proclaiming
  • confessing
  • informing
  • unbosoming
  • uncloaking
  • declaring
  • bringing to light
  • advertising
  • unearthing
  • relating
  • betraying
  • admitting
  • letting the cat out of the bag (about)
  • publicizing
  • debunking
  • letting on (about)
  • going public (with)
  • promulgating
  • spilling the beans (about)
  • imparting
  • broadcasting
  • talking
  • communicating
  • blabbing
  • owning
  • showing up
  • bringing out
  • unclothing
  • blazing
  • conceding
  • sounding
  • avowing
  • undraping
  • disinterring
  • placarding
  • giving away
  • squealing
  • smoking out
  • raking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • concealing
  • hiding
  • covering (up)
  • masking
  • enshrouding
  • disguising
  • shrouding
  • camouflaging
  • veiling
  • cloaking
  • obscuring
  • whitewashing
  • shading
  • overshadowing
  • varnishing
  • clouding
  • eclipsing
  • glossing (over)
  • darkening
  • beclouding
  • gilding
  • overcasting
  • befogging
  • bedimming
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2
as in displaying
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • displaying
  • showing
  • demonstrating
  • exposing
  • betraying
  • manifesting
  • disclosing
  • communicating
  • uncovering
  • declaring
  • evincing
  • announcing
  • sounding
  • baring
  • giving away
  • proclaiming
  • advertising
  • publicizing
  • airing
  • broadcasting
  • bespeaking
  • projecting
  • trumpeting
  • blazing
  • uncloaking
  • unbosoming
  • placarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • misrepresenting
  • distorting
  • twisting
  • falsifying
  • disguising
  • belying
  • camouflaging
  • concealing
  • hiding
  • covering
  • obscuring
  • masking
  • whitewashing
  • garbling
  • varnishing
  • occluding
  • veiling
  • counterfeiting
  • glossing (over)
  • gilding
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