tale-telling

adjective

as in gossipy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tale-telling
  1. gossipy
  2. articulate
  3. voluble
  4. vocal
  5. glib
Adjective
  • There’s the pleasant background noise of gossipy girls’ dinners and third dates.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • Others look too personal, too theatrical, too decorative, too campy, too gossipy, too visibly marked by feeling.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
Definition of gossipy
Adjective
  • The film can’t even quite articulate why Krypto is so important to Supergirl.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Park, hitherto a fount of articulate thoughts, is suddenly coy.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of articulate
Adjective
  • This might be especially true of Field himself, whose voluble spirit shaped an equally volatile life.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
  • Advertisement Then too, there’s the voluble—sometimes volatile—Musk himself.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 June 2026
Definition of voluble
Adjective
  • Over the long course of hominin evolution, the human vocal tract underwent a significant reorganization.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Damian has been less vocal – processing everything that happened to his family in a different way.
    — Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of vocal
Adjective
  • But in Nolan’s hands, and Damon’s, the character is no glib trickster.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
  • Mary disrupts Clark’s equilibrium with the Backrooms by refusing to validate his excuses for his behavior, fully calling out his failings, his petty assholery, and his glib, solipsistic lies.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Definition of glib
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“Tale-telling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tale-telling. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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