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
But Ratajkowski's revealing look wasn't the only detail that caught attention. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026 And some of the most revealing answers came out of a writing camp in Los Angeles. — Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
In the air, stealth aircraft require covert, point-to-point laser links to exchange target data without revealing their position to adversary direction-finding systems. — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 After revealing its personal agent app Muse earlier this month, the Facebook parent this week unveiled its Muse Charm device in an apparent bid to get ahead of OpenAI and Google. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revealing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revealing
Adjective
  • At the time, fans were quick to point out that the majority of the crew members seen in the clip were men, while Sweeney was sitting in a suggestive pose.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Messages in 2024 between Johnson and Duffey revealed the two men used suggestive language.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Another manager was found to work from both Alabama and Tennessee without disclosing that information to the Controller’s Office, according to the audit report.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The show starts in the year 1985, when Henki Hauge Karlsen, a 28-year-old gay bartender, is fired after disclosing that he is infected with HIV.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Inspired by an image of Black women displaying their natural hair together, Rice floated the idea of creating something similar in Kansas City.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Then, the film cuts to show our protagonist’s hand hovering in front of a slide projector displaying a plot of cheap land in South Carolina where nuclear weapons were developed during the Cold War.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The preschoolers who had a tough time delaying gratification— who ate the first marshmallow—were less academically and socially skilled, eloquent, attentive, and not as good at managing frustration in adolescence.
    — Joan M. Cook, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Fittingly, this is a very American intersection of wealth and power, the exact kind of problem about which James Baldwin was always so eloquent and incisive.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That year, the winner was Dutch physical chemist Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff for his work uncovering how chemicals interact with each other in solutions.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This format travels across the country uncovering uplifting, emotional and often surprising stories of pets, their owners and the veterinary professionals dedicated to their care.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At least start by showing a constant charge level that slowly fills up the strip.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Videos have circulated for years showing classrooms with too few desks or chairs, or students finding their classes cancelled when an absent teacher is not replaced.
    — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • For Lauper, nothing was off-limits for expressive modification, including her mane of colorful hair and artfully experimental makeup.
    — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Hathaway is arch and expressive, doing subtle things with her eyes and voice that no one else can.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, Ferrer first worked as a jazz drummer before moving into visual arts after discovering Surrealist artists and writers during a 1954 trip to Paris.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Notably, the customer journey has become more fragmented — consumers are discovering brands via social, then browsing their websites, asking questions, receiving texts, making a purchase, then contacting service later.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Revealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revealing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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