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  Definition of word-painting
  1. a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
Similar Words: word picture, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation

 

Hyponyms: epithet, portrayal, portraiture, portrait

 

Derivational Morphology: qualify, characterize, characterise, describe, depict, draw, specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate

 

 
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