7. weigh, carry weight, have force, be influential, telling, adj. 1. effective, striking, forceful, cogent, convincing, authoritative, weighty; important, of great import, portentous; influential, forcible, potent, powerful, Literary, puissant, clear, plain, certain, sure, positive, definite, evident, luculent; valid, sound, believable, proving, conclusive, unanswerable; persuasive, suasory, efficacious.
2. revealing, expressive, suggestive, telltale. See telltale (def 3). telltale, n. 1. tattler, talebearer, whisperer; gossip, gossipper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger; loud mouth, Inf blabbermouth, SI. big mouth; SI. yenta, tabby, cat; quidnunc, busybody, Paul Pry, snoop, meddler, Australian, stickybeak, eavesdropper.
2. giveaway, hint, clue, tip, inkling, SI. tip-off, cue; omen, foreshadowing, warning, signal, sign.
-adj. 3. revealing, revelatory, Inf. giveaway, expressive, informative, communicative, demonstrative, exhibitive; suggestive, meaning, meaningful, significant, significative, indicative, symptomatic, temerity, n. 1. foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness, incautiousness, carelessness, heedlessness; impetuosity, impetuousness, hot-headedness, impulsiveness; imprudence, improvidence, indiscretion, injudiciousness; audacity, boldness, courage, bravery, valor, hardihood, resoluteness, stalwartness; daring, derring-do, venturesomeness, adventurousness, fearlessness, intrepidity; backbone, grit, nerve, mettle, spirit, pluck, Inf. spunk, Inf starch, Inf. guts.
2. effrontery, impudence, Inf. cheek, Inf. brass, gall, bumptiousness; forwardness, SI. chutzpah, assertiveness, Inf pushiness; presumption, presumptuousness, insolence, impertinence; brazenness, brassiness, sauciness, rudeness, SI. mouth, SI. lip. temper, n. 1. disposition, temperament, constitution, state or frame of mind, mood, spirits, humor; nature, condition, vein, tone, tenor, grain, type, character, spirit.
2. ill humor, petulance, peevishness, irritability, huffishness, churlishness, surliness; sulks, sulkiness, moroseness, sullenness; irascibility, volatility, explosiveness, Inf. short fuse, Inf. low boiling point; impatience, excitabilty, hotheadedness, hot-bloodedness.
3. tantrum, fit, outburst, pet, Brit. Inf. paddywhack; discomposure, disorder, agitation; perturbation, vexation, annoyance, irritation, exasperation; pique, dudgeon, umbrage, tiff; anger, Inf dander, passion, ire, choler, wrath, indignation; resentment, spleen, bile, animus; animosity, hostility, acrimony, asperity, bitterness, virulence, gall, rancor; acerbity, harshness.
4. composure, coolness, Inf. cool, sang-froid; poise, self-control, self-possession, equanimity, equableness, level-headedness. - v. 5. moderate, mitigate, abate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken; alleviate, palliate, allay, assuage; appease, soothe, Archaic, attemper, relieve, ease; soften, tone down, slacken, remit, relax, lighten, cushion; modify, qualify, adapt, adjust, suit.