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portrayal

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por·tray·al

[pawr-trey-uhl, pohr-]
noun
1.
the act of portraying.
2.
a portrait.

Origin:
1840–50; portray + -al2

mis·por·tray·al, noun
non·por·tray·al, noun
pre·por·tray·al, noun
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Portrayal is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • He offered a complex portrayal of a young man torn by conflicting emotions.
  • If your portrayal is accurate, it sounds as if your husband is being childish and selfish.
  • It is possible in real life neither fully tragic nor fully comic is a more realistic portrayal.
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portray (pɔːˈtreɪ)
 
vb
1.  to represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, etc; make a portrait of
2.  to make a verbal picture of; depict in words
3.  to play the part of (a character) in a play or film
 
[C14: from Old French portraire to depict, from Latin prōtrahere to drag forth, bring to light, from pro-1 + trahere to drag]
 
por'trayable
 
adj
 
por'trayal
 
n
 
por'trayer
 
n

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