| telling |
| A | noun |
| 1 | tattle, singing, telling
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| | | disclosing information or giving evidence about another |
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| 2 | telling, apprisal, notification
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| | | informing by words |
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| 3 | relation, telling, recounting
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| | | an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" |
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| B | adjective |
| 1 | impressive, telling
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| | | producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" |
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| 2 | cogent, telling, weighty
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| | | powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" |
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| 3 | revealing, telling, telltale(a)
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| | | disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" |
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