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- Dictionaryportray/pɔːˈtreɪ/
verb
- 1. depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature: "the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh" Similar
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The meaning of PORTRAY is to make a picture of : depict. How to use portray in a sentence.
to represent or describe someone or something in a painting, film, book, or other artistic work: The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress. The writer portrays life in a small village at the turn of the century. portray someone as something.
to represent or describe someone or something in a painting, movie, book, or other artistic work: The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress. The writer portrays life in a small village at the turn of the century. portray someone as something.
verb. to represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, etc; make a portrait of. to make a verbal picture of; depict in words. to play the part of (a character) in a play or film.
1. verb. When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film. In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of 'Camelot'. [VERB noun] At first Glenn Miller, brilliantly portrayed by Jimmy Stewart, is sunk into gloom. [VERB-ed]
To portray a person is to show who that person is, giving a sense of their personality or character. Often, famous people don't like how they're portrayed. For example, Presidents usually hate how they're portrayed in editorial cartoons.
portray somebody/something (as somebody/something) to describe or show somebody/something in a particular way, especially when this does not give a complete or accurate impression of what they are like synonym represent. Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim.
