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indicating something
- I know you've been eating chocolate because of the telltale smudges on your face
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telltale
nounSynonyms of telltale (Entry 2 of 2)
1
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
- the media's professional telltales have basically decided that today's celebrities have no right to privacy
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2
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
- the department telltale told the boss that his coworkers were taking extra long breaks
Synonyms for telltale
- betrayer,
- canary
- [slang],
- deep throat,
- fink,
- informant,
- informer,
- nark
- [British],
- rat,
- rat fink,
- snitch,
- snitcher,
- squealer,
- stool pigeon,
- stoolie,
- talebearer,
- tattler,
- tattletale,
- whistle-blower
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“Telltale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telltale. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of telltale was in 1548
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