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portraying::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | depicting, depiction, portrayal |
| Type of | representational process |
| Has types | mirror |
| Derivation | portray |
Examples of portraying
portraying
Hodges meets the challenge of portraying the only sane person in a wacky family.
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The Government is portraying this proposal as evidence of its social conscience.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The companies that are portraying themselves as victims deserve some blame, too.
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She produced more than 100 drawings and watercolors portraying life in the camp.
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Tatiana wanted to do a story of Paganini, portraying two sides to his character.
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The defense tried to discredit Moore by portraying her as Shawna Nelson's lover.
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He is portraying Bush as stubborn and resistant to adjusting to new information.
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Ron Howard stated that he had difficulty portraying space in a realistic manner.
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Are the good things not as good as I'm portraying them, or the bad things worse?
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- Portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
- Make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
- Impersonate: assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
- Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
- (portrayal) a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- (portrayal) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
- (portrayal) portrait: any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits"
- (portrayed) depicted: represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
- (portraying) depicting: a representation by picture or portraiture
