portrayal English

Meaning portrayal meaning

What does portrayal mean?

Definitions in simple English

portrayal Noun

— A portrayal refers to a painting or other artwork portraying something such as a person, a landscape, or an event happening.

— A portrayal refers to the way in which a person, area or event is described when discussing it. The witness has a very interesting portrayal of how the incident happened.

portrayal

— noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character

— noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

— noun (= portrait) any likeness of a person, in any medium the photographer made excellent portraits

— noun (= depiction) representation by drawing or painting etc

— noun (= depicting) a representation by picture or portraiture

Synonyms portrayal synonyms

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portrayal English » English

depiction

description

representation

delineation

portrait

characterization

portraying

picture

portraiture

enactment

depicting

sketch

showing

presentation

personation

image

drawing

vignette

video

tableau

sketching

simulacrum

show

shot

scan

reflection

production

politology

picture taking

photography

photograph

photo

performing

performance

painting

mapping

map

likeness

imitation

illustration

ikon

icon

frame

filming

exposure

exposition

explanation

eidos

effigy

drawing from nature

Topics portrayal topics

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Language and thought Communication Say Talk about a subject

Describe

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Simple sentences

That film was an extremely inaccurate portrayal of key historical events.

Movie subtitles

The association of the latter with signor visconti Fructified with dirk's magnificent portrayal Of the elderly pouf what expires in venice.

To make sex obscene, it is necessary that the portrayal of it must be done in such a way that its dominant tendency is to corrupt the average adult, by creating a clear and present danger of antisocial behaviour.

He received an Academy Award nomination for his convincing portrayal of God, although they had to use another actor's voice.

Without further ado, I'd like to present you all. with an accurate portrayal of the proprietor of Fashionable Male.

It's a cultural wasteland. filled with inappropriate metaphors and an unrealistic portrayal of life. -. created by the liberal media elite. - I couldn't agree more.

News items and the portrayal of Italian-Americans as gangsters!

An accurate portrayal of our deity is important to us, but an even more important goal is to enlighten people of other faith about Hinduism.

For its damning portrayal of the French officer class 'Paths of Glory' would be banned in France for nearly 20 years.

I'm not sure that it's intended to be what a typical horror movie is, which is a realistic portrayal of supernatural spookiness.

But the conceptual, you know. s. nuttocrackwas the portrayal of the real world.

I think my portrayal is generally fairly accurate.

His pictures were now banned in Germany but that's not what motivated his portrayal of the dictator Hynkel.

His portrayal of the madness was convincing.

Your portrayal of the Black Knight Ghost was inspirational to my brother and me.

Una's portrayal delighted audiences.

He showed his predilection for the utterly truthful And very sexually arousing portrayal of violence In its starkest form.

He received an Academy Award nomination for his convincing portrayal of God, although they had to use another actors voice.

I don't think it's going to be a very flattering portrayal of our family life.

You know, I'm sure you hear this all the time but your portrayal of Neuter is staggering.

Without further ado, I present you with an accurate portrayal of the proprietor of Fashionable Male.

He tried to fool us with his perfect portrayal of a good-for-nothing but it was clear to me that was merely his characteristic pose.

Steinbeck's heart-rending portrayal of the downtrodden masses still makes me cry.

And now that you have seen the true portrayal of suicide, Are you still thinking of it?

It's a cultural wasteland filled with inappropriate metaphors and an unrealistic portrayal of life created by the liberal media elite.

Lord Rochester, this portrayal of yours... would it be based on a particular monarch?

They still talk about my portrayal of King Lear.

Also the Liberal Party has given the impression that we also control the media's portrayal of us.

Something began to change in Charley's stage portrayal of Jesse.

I think something is missing in your portrayal.

That's a negative portrayal of my people.

The most obvious is the portrayal of rape of which - she alleges - her guardian, advocate Bjurman, would be guilty of.

Your drawing is an interesting visual portrayal of yourself.

The interesting thing about it was that this portrayal resulted in him being put on trial and put to death for corrupting youths.

That's just an accurate portrayal.

That was the most brilliant portrayal of baloney I have ever seen.

News and current affairs

The blogger who dismissed The Washington Post's corrections of Santorum's fictional portrayal of the Netherlands expressed himself like a perfect post-modernist.

But that word also connotes the fearsome qualities of ruthlessness and brutality that any honest portrayal of the office of President of the United States must include in our day.

Worse, this portrayal implies that little can be done to mitigate, or even prevent, such occurrences.