Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 9 letters

portrayal

Best crossword clue

"Artistic depiction"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/Part of speech nounSorted aaloprrtyStarts with PEnds with L2 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2O3R4T5R6A7Y8A9L

Definitions

  1. A depiction or representation of someone or something.

Word origin

From portray + -al.

Used in a sentence

  • 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
  • Dickens was the quintessential actor, luxuriating in the portrayal of his idiosyncratic characters. In contrast, more than a characterist, Poe was above all a wonderfully musical reader, […]
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Artistic depiction9 letters
02Actor depiction9 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

P________

Related words