Definitions for portrayals

portrayals por·tray·al

Spelling: [pawr-trey-uh l, pohr-]
IPA: /pɔrˈtreɪ əl, poʊr-/

Portrayals is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 530 anagrams from letters in portrayals (aaloprrsty).

Definitions for portrayals

noun

  1. the act of portraying.
  2. a portrait.

Origin of portrayals

First recorded in 1840-50; portray + -al2

Examples for portrayals

This story gives a portrayal of the noblest of Indians—Hiawatha.

This work is especially valuable in its portrayal of home conditions.

But everything about the Hughes-Eldridge pairing militated against such a portrayal.

It will be a portrayal of the history of Norlamin from the first cooling of the planet.

Did McCarthy invent the portrayal of violence in fiction, or should that laurel go to Homer?

His portrayal of Mr. Warwick to his wife and his friends was fine caricature.

Others have found its portrayal of Southern life offensive, exploitative, or inaccurate.

FDR was a performer whose artistry was the portrayal of easy authority.

Description is the portrayal of an object by means of language.

And Idris Elba, who recently earned raves for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela, deserves better than this.

Word Value for portrayals
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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