Portray - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
Extra examples
The White House has portrayed the President as deeply conflicted over the matter.
The lawyer portrayed his client as a victim of child abuse.
He portrayed himself as a victim.
The painting portrays the queen in a purple robe.
Laurence Olivier portrayed Hamlet beautifully.
The old queen was portrayed as a selfish bitter woman.
It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.
His most famous painting portrayed the death of Nelson.
Religion was portrayed in a negative way.
She portrays a dancer in the hit film.
The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man
The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting
...fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: portray
he/she/it: portrays
present participle: portraying
past tense: portrayed
past participle: portrayed
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