Related Words for telling

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forceful
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Adjective, Adjective
impressive
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Adjective, Adjective
effective
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
efficacious
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Noun, Adjective
effectual
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Adjective, Adjective
cogent
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Adjective, Adjective
revealing
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
weighty
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Verb, Adjective
informative
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Adjective, Adjective
notification
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Adjective, Noun
recounting
x/x
Noun, Noun
relation
x/x
Noun, Noun
telltale
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
tattle
/x
Noun, Verb
singing
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
notifying
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Adjective, Verb
reminding
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Verb
explaining
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Verb
saying
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Verb
talking
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Verb
asking
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Verb
informing
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Verb
describing
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Verb
believing
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Verb
acknowledging
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Verb
suggesting
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Verb
seeing
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Verb
admonishing
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Verb
showing
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Verb
mentioning
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Verb
knowing
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Verb
remembering
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Verb
letting
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Verb
tellin
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Verb
arguing
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Verb
reiterating
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Verb
bothering
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Verb
ignoring
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Verb
relaying
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Noun
claiming
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Verb
advising
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Verb
convincing
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Adjective
instructing
x/x
Verb
discussing
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Verb
emphasizing
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Verb
confirming
x/x
Verb
speaking
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Verb
stating
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Verb
proclaiming
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Verb
thinking
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Noun
recognizing
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Verb
reassuring
xx/x
Adjective
hinting
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Verb
confronting
x/x
Verb
denying
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Verb
imagining
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Verb
complaining
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Verb
persuading
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Verb
story
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Noun
realizing
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Verb
imploring
x/x
Noun
admitting
x/x
Verb
pretending
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Verb
divulging
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Verb
cautioning
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Verb
noting
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Verb
alerting
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Verb
assuring
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Verb
disclosing
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Verb
noticing
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Verb
alluding
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Verb
guessing
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Noun
narrating
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Verb
warning
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Noun
questioning
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Noun
encouraging
x/xx
Adjective
referring
x/x
Verb
presenting
x/x
Verb
illustrating
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Verb
communicating
x/xxx
Verb
discovering
x/xx
Verb
remarking
x/x
Verb
worrying
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Verb
hear
/
Verb
apologizing
x/xxx
Verb
bragging
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Noun
criticizing
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Verb
demonstrating
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Verb
repeating
x/x
Verb
portraying
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Verb
calling
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Verb
chastising
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Verb
berating
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Verb
praising
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Verb
considering
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Verb
recalling
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Verb
asserting
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Verb
summarizing
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Verb
wondering
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Verb
exhorting
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Verb
speculating
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Verb
forgetting
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Verb
accusing
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Verb
contradicting
xx/x
Verb
apologising
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Verb
highlighting
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Verb
figuring
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Verb
finding
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Noun
blaming
/x
Verb
doubting
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Verb
insinuating
x/xxx
Adjective
assuming
x/x
Verb
downplaying
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Noun
examining
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Verb
dictating
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Verb
inquiring
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Verb
identifying
x/xxx
Verb
complimenting
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Verb
listening
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Verb
depicting
x/x
Verb
confessing
x/x
Verb
indicating
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Verb
fact
/
Noun
conveying
x/x
Verb
criticising
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Verb
declaring
x/x
Verb
urging
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Verb
requesting
x/x
Verb
emphasising
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Verb
recognising
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Verb
dramatizing
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Verb
justifying
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Verb
whispering
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Verb
exaggerating
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Verb
overhearing
xx/x
Verb
educating
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Verb
shouting
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Verb
exposing
x/x
Verb
bugging
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Noun
debating
x/x
Noun
pinpointing
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Verb
scaring
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Verb
observing
x/x
Verb
expounding
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Verb
outlining
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Verb
refuting
x/x
Verb
clarifying
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Verb
picturing
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Verb
respecting
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Verb
insisting
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Verb
forcible
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Adjective
powerful
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Adjective
compelling
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Adjective
significant
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Adjective
influential
xx/x
Adjective
impactful
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Noun
preponderant
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Adjective
substantial
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Adjective
potent
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Adjective
meaningful
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Adjective
meaning
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Noun
decisive
x/x
Adjective
strong
/
Adjective
operative
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Adjective
substantive
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Adjective
energetic
xx/x
Adjective
consequential
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Adjective
effecting
x/x
Verb
serious
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Adjective
active
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Adjective
major
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Adjective
noticeable
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Adjective
symptom
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Noun
point
/
Noun
moment
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Noun
feature
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Noun
account
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Noun, Verb
advertisement
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Noun
announcing
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Verb
argumentative
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Adjective
audition
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Noun, Verb
canonical
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Adjective, Noun
carnivalesque
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Adjective
combative
x/x
Adjective
comedic
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Adjective
con
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Noun, Verb
denounce
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Verb
didactic
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Adjective, Noun
dit
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
dramatization
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Noun
eloquent
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Adjective
enlightening
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Adjective
evocative
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Adjective
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
exasperating
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Adjective
gathering
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Noun, Adjective
illuminating
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Adjective
illustrative
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Adjective
imitative
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Adjective
improvisational
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Adjective
incarnation
x//x
Noun
incisive
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Adjective
indicative
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Adjective, Noun
insightful
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Adjective
instructive
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Adjective, Noun
meditative
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Adjective
mimetic
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Adjective, Noun
narration
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Noun
narrative
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Noun, Adjective
oratorical
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Adjective
pink slip
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
playing
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Noun
presentation
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Noun
presentment
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Noun
quintessential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
re
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Noun
recital
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Noun
recitation
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Noun
recollection
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Noun
rehearsal
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Noun
relating
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Noun
retelling
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Noun
revelatory
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Adjective
striking
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Adjective, Noun
suggestive
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Adjective
symptomatic
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Adjective, Noun
taking
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Adjective, Noun
teller
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Noun
typical
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Adjective, Noun
writing
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
anymore
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Adverb
literally
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Adverb
expression
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Noun