TALE-TELLING Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

tale-telling

adjective

as in gossipy

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Adjective

Us Weekly, which used to be a quasi-People magazine and very friendly, turned into something totally different and gossipy.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
But the gossipy tidbits almost pale next to the eye-opening shadiness of some of the business strategies.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of gossipy

Adjective

Shaking up the race is the centrist Opportunity party, led by Qiulae Wong, an articulate 38-year-old former sustainable business consultant and mother of two, who goes by ‘Q’ for short.

— Todd Symons, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Taylor is known for playing commanding women — erect, articulate and immaculately put together.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of articulate

Adjective

Pan-African socialist Richard Moore, tall and voluble, gets suitably fired up when radicalism, politics and racial pride are the subjects.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
At least Mourinho could reflect on a happy outcome for Real Madrid, even if their 2-1 victory against Inter was far from convincing and accompanied by voluble disapproval from the home crowd, much of it aimed at Vinicius Junior.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of voluble

Adjective

Courtney is attuned to the singularity of each, their vocal tics and fixations and privacies, their fledgling channels of desire and uncanny knowledge of beauty.

— Jamie Hood, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026
To his left politically, Roan, who is openly gay, is a vocal advocate for LGBTQ rights and in August performed at Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival that raised $20 million for women’s charities.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of vocal

Adjective

Comment sections were filled with glib condemnations of relatives who had behaved idiotically after exposure.

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
But there’s no icy chill to his vision, only the glib confidence that a feel-good montage or a piercing Anohni and the Johnsons ballad will blind us to his film’s lack of human connection.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of glib

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