portrayal
nounHow many syllables in portrayal?
There are 3 syllables in the word portrayal.How to pronounce portrayal:
Definition of portrayal:
- portrayal (noun):
- a report or description
- the act or process or an instance of portraying representation
- acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture.
Synonyms for portrayal:
account
acting
character
characterization
definition
delineation
depicting
depiction
description
enacting
enactment
impersonation
impression
interpretation
narrative
part
performance
performance as
performing
persona
personation
picture
playacting
playing
portrait
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Antonyms for portrayal:
difference
original
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- eggheaded
- wherewith
- rhythmical
- humpbacked
- diverting
- bobsleighing
- battening
- unstacked
- thereof
- peptizer
- lamented
- impowered
- distracting
- atrophied
- arises
- short-handed
- cenotaph
- bombastic
- resembles
- rereading
- recruited
- perplexes
- one hundred
- mind-numbing
- livestock
- button-shaped
- arousing
- overturn
- divulged
- bartender
- regretter
- overworked
- Murial
- misshapen
- misplacement
- fidgeted
- execrate
- elusion
- assigning
- vexation
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- logician
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