Overview of noun portraying

The noun portraying has 1 sense

• depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayal -- (a representation by picture or portraiture)

Overview of verb portray

The verb portray has 4 senses

• portray -- (portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person")


• portray, depict, limn -- (make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba")


• impersonate, portray -- (assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man")


• portray, present -- (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting")