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- Dictionaryportrayal/pɔːˈtreɪəl/
noun
- 1. a depiction of someone or something in a work of art or literature; a picture: "a realistic portrayal of war" Similar
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the way that someone or something is described or represented in a painting, film, book, or other artistic work: His latest movie is a grim portrayal of wartime suffering. She won a Best Actress award for her portrayal of the title character in "Erin Brockovich". See. portray. Fewer examples.
1. : the act or process or an instance of portraying : representation. 2. : portrait. Synonyms. definition. delineation. depiction. description. picture. portraiture. rendering. sketch. vignette. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of portrayal in a Sentence.
Use the noun portrayal to describe the representation of someone, either in the form of a dramatic character, a spoken description, or even a photograph or painting of the person. You can also talk about the portrayal of an object or idea: "Dorothea Lange's photographs are an accurate portrayal of the Great Depression."
the way that someone or something is described or represented in a painting, movie, book, or other artistic work: His latest movie is a grim portrayal of wartime suffering. She won a Best Actress award for her portrayal of the title character in "Erin Brockovich." See. portray. Fewer examples.
portrayal. noun. /pɔːˈtreɪəl/. /pɔːrˈtreɪəl/. [countable, uncountable] the act of showing or describing somebody/something in a picture, play, book, etc.; a particular way in which this is done. The article examines the portrayal of gay men in the media.
Definition of 'portrayal' portrayal. (pɔːʳtreɪəl ) Word forms: portrayals. 1. countable noun [usually singular] An actor's portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character. ...her acclaimed portrayal of Ophelia in Hamlet. [+ of] 2. countable noun.
to represent or describe someone or something in a painting, film, book, or other artistic work: The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress. The writer portrays life in a small village at the turn of the century. portray someone as something.
1. An actor's portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character. [...] 2. An artist's portrayal of something is a drawing, painting, or photograph of it. [...] 3. The portrayal of something in a book or film is the act of describing it or showing it. [...] More. Grammar Question.
Definitions of 'portrayal' 1. An actor's portrayal of a character in a play or movie is the way that he or she plays the character. [...] 2. An artist's portrayal of something is a drawing, painting, or photograph of it. [...] 3. The portrayal of something in a book or movie is the act of describing it or showing it. [...] More. Grammar Question.
The earliest known use of the noun portrayal is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for portrayal is from 1836, in the Southern Literary Messenger (Richmond, Virginia). portrayal is formed within English, by derivation.
