Definition of revealingnext
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

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revealing

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verb

present participle of reveal
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Recent Examples of revealing
Adjective
And there was a very revealing comment that Trump made last year when Republicans did extremely poorly in the off-year elections. NBC news, 28 June 2026 The most revealing thing about Stein is not his extraordinary legislative achievement. Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026
Verb
The result is a neat but revealing insight into the life of Harriman, who rose to prominence in 2020 with his cinematic images of protest movements across the world. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 July 2026 George similarly kept her third pregnancy on the down-low before revealing Lyor's birth with a March 2024 Instagram snap of the newborn's foot. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for revealing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revealing
Adjective
  • Since the sandworm, several other buckets have gone viral, many for suggestive designs.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Presley electrified audiences with his suggestive hip-swiveling, long sideburns, and leather jackets.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Most 10-Qs are cookie cutter documents disclosing financial figures already embedded in corporate records.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The judge also wrote that disclosing so much information on the 2020 election workers would discourage people from helping with future elections.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • But their loving, attentive mother soon began displaying signs of schizophrenia.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
  • On July 1, two people were arrested after reaching the top of the iconic New York City building, displaying a banner and appearing to stage a proposal.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • After all, the eloquent document’s principal author, Thomas Jefferson, owned 600 slaves.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Mizuno the Human Vapor was eloquent and rational, a flesh-and-blood man believably warped by power, still in touch with human emotions.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • For both founders, the swap was less about replacing each other and more about learning from each other's businesses, uncovering operational blind spotsblind spots and offering pointers.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Part of the joy of this comedy-thriller from Andy Siara (Palm Springs) is uncovering its twisty secrets.
    Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The idea was to reflect girlhood through different periods of American history, showing the changes and similarities in books and their accompanying dolls and historically accurate outfits.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • What started as a small barbecue competition with 12 teams has become a 44-year tradition with more than 100 teams showing up and showing out at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, known for her expressive vocals, died at age 27 from alcohol poisoning.
    USA Today, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • His long white oval scleras and perfect-circle black pupils, sometimes open and sometimes closed, are always inexplicably expressive—managing to seem happy, sad, scared, sleepy, shifty, angry, eager, alarmed, mischievous, or murderous.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Officials have not reported discovering caches containing cash, gold or weapons and have not publicly commented on the broader allegations.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • The findings also demonstrate the incredible observing power of the JWST and how the $10 billion space telescope is still discovering things no other instrument can.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026

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“Revealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revealing. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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