telling (on)
verb
1
as in affecting
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response the pressure of final exams is beginning to tell on the students in the dorm Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- affecting
- influencing
- impressing
- impacting
- getting to
- touching
- striking
- interesting
- carrying away
- swaying
- reaching
- inspiring
- involving
- bothering
- moving
- concerning
- fascinating
- dazzling
- disturbing
- attracting
- worrying
- ravishing
- entrancing
- biasing
- plaguing
- troubling
- penetrating
- enrapturing
- enthralling
- stirring
- enchanting
- transporting
- trying
- coloring
- upsetting
- engaging
- harassing
- discomposing
- distressing
- afflicting
- disquieting
- piercing
- captivating
- biassing
- stressing
- charming
- discomforting
- perturbing
- smiting
- alluring
- pestering
- harrying
- bewitching
- agitating
- flustering
- wringing
- straining
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- boring
- tiring
- wearying
- palling
- underwhelming
- jading
2
as in talking
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities detectives convinced the perpetrators in custody to tell on their associates Synonyms & Similar Words
- talking
- grassing (on)
- splitting (on)
- informing
- dropping a dime (on)
- ratting (on)
- turning in
- squeaking
- finking
- snitching
- giving away
- singing
- squealing
- selling (out)
- betraying
- tipping (off)
- backstabbing
- tattling
- blabbing
- crossing
- double-crossing
- two-timing
- apotheosis
- apotheosise
- apotheosised
- apotheosises
- apotheosising
- apotheosize
- apotheosized
- apotheosizes
- apotheosizing
- apotome
- apotracheal
- apotropaic
- apotropaically
- apotropaism
- apotype
- apotypic
- apozems
- app
- appal
- Appalachia
- appalachiae
- Appalachian
- Appalachian dulcimer
- Appalachian Mountains
- appalachian national scenic trail