'Revealing' definitions:
Definition of 'revealing'
From: WordNet
adjective
Disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" [syn: revealing, telling, telltale(a)]
adjective
Showing or making known; "her dress was scanty and revealing" [ant: concealing]
noun
The speech act of making something evident [syn: disclosure, revelation, revealing]
Definition of 'Revealing'
From: GCIDE
- Reveal \Re*veal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Revealing.] [F. r['e]v['e]ler, L. revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal; pref. re- re- + velare to veil; fr. velum a veil. See Veil.]
- 1. To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show. [1913 Webster]
- Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, She might not, would not, yet reveal her own. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency). [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover; open; discover; impart; show.
- Usage: See Communicate. -- Reveal, Divulge. To reveal is literally to lift the veil, and thus make known what was previously concealed; to divulge is to scatter abroad among the people, or make publicly known. A mystery or hidden doctrine may be revealed; something long confined to the knowledge of a few is at length divulged. "Time, which reveals all things, is itself not to be discovered." --Locke. "A tragic history of facts divulged." --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'revealing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apocalypse,
- apocalyptic,
- baring,
- betraying,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- crystal,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- diaphane,
- diaphanous,
- disclosing,
- disclosive,
- disclosure,
- discovering,
- discovery,
- expose,
- exposing,
- exposition,
- exposure,
- eye-opening,
- filmy,
- gauzy,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- laying bare,
- light-pervious,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- manifestation,
- nonopaque,
- patefaction,
- peekaboo,
- pellucid,
- removing the veil,
- revealment,
- revelation,
- revelational,
- revelatory,
- see-through,
- sheer,
- showing,
- showing up,
- showup,
- stripping,
- talkative,
- thin,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- uncloaking,
- unclouded,
- uncovering,
- unfolding,
- unfoldment,
- unmasking,
- unveiling,
- unwrapping