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portrayal

Syllables: por·tray·alUS/ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/

portrayal noun: the act of portraying.

Noun

portrayal (plural portrayals)

  1. The act of portraying.
  2. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
    • He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
    • For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste

portrayal meaning in Hindi and Malayalam

portrayal in Hindi

act of portraying
चित्रांकन citrāṅkan
result of portraying
चित्र citra, चित्रण citraṇ

portrayal in Malayalam

act of portraying
ചിത്രീകരണം citrīkaraṇaṁ
result of portraying
ചിത്രീകരണം citrīkaraṇaṁ

Examples of portrayal in a sentence

  • Dickens was the quintessential actor, luxuriating in the portrayal of his idiosyncratic characters.1994, Sara K. Schneider, Concert Song as Seen, page 28:
  • Images of Dutchness in American visual culture and literature during the nineteenth century differed radically between portrayals of the Netherlands Dutch and those of the American Dutch.2009, Hans Krabbendam, Cornelis A. van Minnen, Giles Scott-Smith, Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009, page 238:

All 33 example sentences with portrayal

Forms of portrayal

pluralportrayals

Plural of portrayal: portrayals

Origin of portrayal

From portray + -al.

Words formed from portrayal

Words that rhyme with portrayal

Questions about portrayal

What does portrayal mean?
Portrayal means the act of portraying.
What is portrayal in Hindi?
Portrayal in Hindi is चित्रांकन (citrāṅkan), चित्र (citra), चित्रण (citraṇ). See Portrayal meaning in Hindi.
How do you use portrayal in a sentence?
Dickens was the quintessential actor, luxuriating in the portrayal of his idiosyncratic characters.
What part of speech is portrayal?
Portrayal is a noun.
How do you pronounce portrayal?
Portrayal is pronounced /ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/ (US).
What is the plural of portrayal?
The plural of portrayal is portrayals.

Words near portrayal in the dictionary

  1. portraiture
  2. portraitures
  3. portray
  4. portrayability
  5. portrayable
  6. portrayal
  7. portrayals
  8. portrayed
  9. portrayee
  10. portrayees
  11. portrayer

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