noun
someone who gossips indiscreetly
• Syn: ↑tattletale, ↑tattler, ↑taleteller, ↑talebearer, ↑blabbermouth
• Hypernyms: ↑gossip, ↑gossiper, ↑gossipmonger, ↑rumormonger, ↑rumourmonger, ↑newsmonger
adjective
disclosing unintentionally (Freq. 1)
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a telling smile
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a telltale panel of lights
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a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down
• Similar to: ↑informative, ↑informatory
Useful english dictionary. 2012.