Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of portray is as below...

Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..

Line :: Line (v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

Portrayed :: portrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Portra.

Portray :: Portray (v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback..

Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

Paint :: Paint (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape..

Portrayal :: Portrayal (n.) The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

Depict :: Depict (v. t.) To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

Delineation :: Delineation (n.) The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively..

Irrepresentable :: Irrepresentable (a.) Not capable of being represented or portrayed.

Portray :: Portray (v. t.) To adorn with pictures.

Portraying :: Portraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Portra.

Painted :: Painted (a.) Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

Fancy :: Fancy (v. t.) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.

Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet..

Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like..

Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.

Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him..

Portrayer :: Portrayer (n.) One who portrays.

Random Fonts

Most Popular