word-painting

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word-painting - 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"

characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, picture

description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words

epithet - descriptive word or phrase

portrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character

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characterisation characterization delineation depiction description epithet picture portrait portraiture portrayal verbal description word picture			Word-painting may be a close description of what he does but he also has an emotional depth, which can only come from hard-won - in his case, nearfatal - experience. Brace for beautiful musician; ALAN NICHOL has the latest happenings ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) And here, surely, is a missed opportunity for word-painting or journalistic ``inquiry'' if ever there was one: ``Rossini and Stenghal met. Books: Nothing classic about badly composed bio; Mark Brittain was ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			word of farewell Word of God word of honor word of mouth word order Word painting word picture word play word processing word processing system word processor word salad word search word sense word square word stress word string word structure word wrap word wrapping word-blind Word-catcher word-hoard word-of-mouth word-painter word-painting word-perfect word-process word-splitting word-worship wordage wordbook wordbreak Worde Worder wordfinder wordily wordiness wording Wordish Wordle wordless wordlessly wordmonger WordNet wordplay words Words of Praise words per minute Words, Defined Words, Effect of			Word-Based Minimum Verification Error word-blind word-blind Word-catcher Word-coinage Word-coinage Word-coinage Word-coinage Word-Faith movement Word-Filled Wednesday word-for-word word-for-word word-for-word word-for-word word-for-word word-hoard Word-length effect Word-length effect Word-length effect word-of-day word-of-finger word-of-mouth word-of-mouth word-of-mouth word-of-mouth Word-of-Mouth Advertising word-oriented computer Word-Oriented Random-Access Memory Word-pad word-painter word-painting word-perfect word-process word-process word-process word-processed word-processed word-processed word-processes word-processes word-processes Word-processing Word-processing Word-processing Word-Processing/Spread-Sheet Word-processor Word-processor Word-processor Word-processor word-splitting Word-Stem Completion Priming word-worship Word/Art/Rhythm/Performance wordage wordage wordage wordage wordages wordages wordages wordages

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