tell against's Usage Examples:

is so little positive evidence in its favour, so much that appears to tell against it, and so much that is as yet inconclusive, that we have no right to.

Thinking his age might tell against him – he was 31 – he gave his birth date as 1886, making him supposedly.

Glover, though ultimately its simplistic viewpoint and air of nostalgia tell against it.

when a ruler once becomes unpopular, all his acts, be they good or bad, tell against him.

However, their fatigue began to tell against Curio’s troops, and they were too tired to pursue the Numidians who were.

cease his remarks: "The only effect of your observations must be to tell against you with those who have to consider the sentence.

1924 Chrysler, and the Knight engine's high manufacturing cost began to tell against it.

51 in 1968, and although age was beginning to tell against him, he took another 80 scalps in 1970.

"Up to a certain point the responsibilities of captaincy seemed to tell against Darling, but during the last weeks of the tour he played marvellous cricket.

only positive evidence that someone murdered the princes will tell against this indictment.

enemies wrote to Norwich for copies of records which they expected would tell against him; but it seems that the mayor and council had done their best to retain.

"If authentic, this unqualified use of the verb seems to tell against the probability that only a single form of speech is prohibited.

The chronological inconsistencies and creative use of sources tell against the general historicity of the Vita.

To give one instance of a story Denys used to tell against himself: in 1979 a new Headmaster was appointed whom Denys, being a senior.

levels even further; but their lack of options on the bench began to tell against them.

Synonyms:

bare; disclose; digress; bring out; break; restate; harbinger; let on; ingeminate; spill; publicise; expose; point; betoken; reveal; propagandize; announce; wander; inform; signal; impart; bespeak; propagandise; divulge; iterate; annunciate; herald; publicize; discover; foretell; air; unwrap; stray; pass on; retell; let out; give; talk; give away; reiterate; leave; indicate; divagate; repeat;

Antonyms:

play down; background; hide; hold; pack;