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Synonyms for painting


Grammar : Noun
Spell : peyn-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪn tɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for painting Other synonyms for the word painting

Définition of painting

Origin :
  • c.1200, "that which is painted, a painting," verbal noun from paint (v.). From mid-15c. as "art of depicting by means of paint."
  • noun work of art
  • noun the act of applying paint
  • noun artwork
Example sentences :
  • Cimabue, the reviver of painting, received instruction from the Greeks.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • In painting, we believe we possess a school second to none of modern art.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Two men look at it—the one with an expert knowledge of painting, the other with none.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I am not painting my early life as any darker than most lives.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Why all the painting that I have seen is but child's play beside this.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • We can expect from him new words or a new method in the painting of passionate desire.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • He did not notice it and kept steadily at work, painting his "brand" into a corner.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • I have seen all I wanted, and I am capable of painting all I saw.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • To the romance the novel is what photography is to painting.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Ariston was painting the walls of a room that overlooked the garden.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
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