word-painting

1. A graphic or vivid verbal description (synset 107216464)
   "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"
   is a type of: description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words
   subtypes:

   • epithet - descriptive word or phrase
   • portrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character
   same as: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word picture

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