'Portraying' definitions:
Definition of 'portraying'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Portraying'
From: GCIDE
- Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also pourtray.] [imp. & p. p. portrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Portraying.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Protract.]
- 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. [1913 Webster]
- Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'portraying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apish,
- delineatory,
- depictive,
- echoic,
- embodying,
- figurative,
- graphic,
- ideographic,
- illustrational,
- illustrative,
- imitative,
- incarnating,
- limning,
- mimetic,
- mimish,
- onomatopoeic,
- personifying,
- pictographic,
- pictorial,
- representational,
- representative,
- representing,
- simulative,
- symbolizing,
- typifying,
- vivid