revealing
noun
- presenting something for the first time
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ/ / /ɹəˈviːlɪŋ/ / /ɹɪˈvilɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing.
- Informative; providing new information.
“Lest anyone on the left think that Tucker [Carlson] and his friends are potential anti-capitalist allies, their specific objections to corporate capitalism are revealing. To them, the real issue is not labor exploitation, but rather the “corporate alliance with the progressive left.””
“a revealing analysis”
- Allowing more than is usual to be seen.
“Her shirt is rather revealing.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing.
- An act of revealing; the process of revealing; something revealed.
“It became clear that we were witnessing a great revealing of secrets.”
“In these letters, and the remembered conversations, we have fuller revealings of the inner man, greater depth of discovery into that vast and labyrinthine mind[…]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of reveal