vignette

• account
• anecdote
• characterize
• chronicle
• clarification
• define
• definition
• delineate
• delineation
• demonstrate
• demonstration
• depict
• depiction
• describe
• description
• display
• draft
• draw
• elucidation
• exemplification
• exhibit
• explanation
• explication
• exposition
• hint
• illustrate
• illustration
• image
• label
• limn
• narrate
• narrative
• outline
• paint
• picture
• portrait
• portraiture
• portray
• portrayal
• qualify
• recite
• recount
• redescribe
• rehearse
• reimage
• relate
• render
• rendering
• report
• represent
• scenario
• scene
• set out
• show
• silhouette
• sketch
• story
• suggest
• sum up
• summarize
• tale
• tell
• touch off
• trace
• yarn

• color
• distort
• falsify
• garble
• misdescribe
• misrepresent
• misstate
• pervert
• twist
• warp

• noun
  1. A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
  2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
  3. (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
  4. (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
  5. The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
  6. The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
  7. A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
• verb
  1. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.

• The author included a beautiful vignette about a summer vacation in her memoir.
• He shared a short vignette from his childhood that brought tears to everyone's eyes.
• The film opens with a vignette of a small town waking up at dawn.
• The artist painted a stunning vignette that captured the essence of the city’s old streets.
• Each chapter began with a vignette that set the tone for the story to come.

ABCs

paint

illustration

image

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