Word-painting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Word-painting is an adjective meaning That creates visual images verbally.
Meaning
That creates visual images verbally.
Example Sentences
These vessels are handsome to look at, good sailers, and admirable sea-boats, and will make long voyages with perfect safety, traversing the whole Archipelago from New Guinea to Singapore in seas which, as every one who has sailed much in them can testify, are not so smooth and tempest-free as word-painting travellers love to represent them.
Synonyms for word-painting
Depending on context, synonyms include depiction, picture, delineation, characterization, word picture.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word picture, painting.
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