Portrait and Shadow

Portrait

Portrait noun - A vivid representation in words of someone or something.

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Shadow and portrait are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shadow" instead a noun "Portrait".

Nearby Words: portraiture, portraitist

Shadow noun - Partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays.

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Portrait and shadow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Portrait" instead a noun "Shadow".

Nearby Words: shade, shady, shadowy, shadowed, shadowing

human	human portrait	human shadow
old	old portrait	old shadow
female	female portrait	female shadow
full	full portrait	full shadow
Other adjectives: normal, perfect, single, actual, massive, large, huge, ugly, animated, mysterious, last, different, giant, demonic, creepy.

In his initial appearance, his portrait was covered in shadow and he didn't even have his name displayed.

Source: Breakout Villain
The band Stillwater is given a prototype promotional T-shirt to look at - which shows the charismatic and handsome guitarist in a nice portrait - and the rest of the band in shadow.

Source: Face of the Band
To give an example, look at Astram's portrait between the various games: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light◊, Mystery of the Emblem◊, Shadow Dragon◊, New Mystery of the Emblem◊.

Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Akaneia

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