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Antonyms for unrevealing

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-veel
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvil


Definition of unrevealing

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French reveler "reveal" (14c.), from Latin revelare "reveal, uncover, disclose," literally "unveil," from re- "opposite of" (see re-) + velare "to cover, veil," from velum "a veil" (see veil (n.)). Related: Revealed; revealing.
  • As in noncommittal : adj unwilling to decide
Example sentences :
  • Baffled for the moment, he was silent, watching her unrevealing face.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
  • They are poker eyes—gray-blue, cold, penetrating, unrevealing.
  • Extract from : « Abroad at Home » by Julian Street
  • The stout man was unknown to Ben, perhaps one of the replacements signed on at Kingston; a greasy, unrevealing face.
  • Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn
  • As Randal spoke thus at length, he watched anxiously his patron's reserved, unrevealing countenance.
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Joy had burst asunder the last ligaments, so fretted away in unrevealing sorrow.
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • William here paused; again dropped the pebbles into the stream, and glanced furtively on the unrevealing face of the Earl.
  • Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The face of the American Indian is said to be unrevealing—to be a stoic mask under which his emotions are ever hidden.
  • Extract from : « Somewhere in Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She looked at me with the set, unrevealing expression which I had seen once or twice already.
  • Extract from : « Sonia Married » by Stephen McKenna
  • It submerged at once, and went due south at twelve knots an hour below the unrevealing seas.
  • Extract from : « Walking Shadows » by Alfred Noyes
  • The straight, hard lines of her lean figure were a complement to her gleaming, unrevealing eyes.
  • Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay

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