revealing

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   showing or making known

   The honest discussion was truly revealing.

2. 2
   adj

   Informative.

   Lest anyone on the left think that Tucker [Carlson] and his friends are potential anti-capitalist allies, their specific objections to corporate capitalism are revealing. To them, the real issue is not labor exploitation, but rather the “corporate alliance with the progressive left.”

3. 3
   adj

   Allowing more than is usual to be seen.

   Her shirt is rather revealing.

4. 4
   noun

   An act of revealing; the process of revealing; something revealed.

   It became clear that we were witnessing a great revealing of secrets.

5. 5
   adj

   disclosing unintentionally

6. 6
   noun

   the speech act of making something evident

7. 7
   verb

   present participle and gerund of reveal

Etymology

From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing.