telling

  • (s) disclosing unintentionally
    • a telling smile
    • a telltale panel of lights
    • a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down
    revealing, telltale,
  • (s) powerfully persuasive
    • a cogent argument
    • a telling presentation
    • a weighty argument
    cogent, weighty,
  • (s) producing a strong effect
    • gave an impressive performance as Othello
    • a telling gesture
    impressive,

Nouns

  • (n) an act of narration
    • he was the hero according to his own relation
    • his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
    recounting, relation,
  • (n) informing by words apprisal, notification,
  • (n) disclosing information or giving evidence about another tattle, singing,

Synonyms

revealing telltale recounting relation cogent weighty apprisal notification tattle singing impressive

Words of close approximity

Tellima
tellingly