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Definition of portraying

"portraying" in the noun sense

1. depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayal

a representation by picture or portraiture

"portraying" in the verb sense

1. portray

portray in words

"The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

2. portray, depict, limn

make a portrait of

"Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

3. impersonate, portray

assume or act the character of

"She impersonates Madonna"

"The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

4. portray, present

represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

"The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

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Quotations for portraying

Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another. [ Richter ]

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portraying in Scrabble®

The word portraying is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters portraying:

PORTRAYING
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

airport, gyrator, orating, parting, porting, portray, prating, praying, roaring, tarring, topiary

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word portraying

PORTRAYING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In portraying

PORTRAYING
(180)
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portraying in Words With Friends™

The word portraying is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters portraying:

PORTRAYING
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

airport, gyrator, orating, parting, porting, portray, prating, praying, roaring, tarring, topiary

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word portraying

PORTRAYING
(234)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In portraying

PORTRAYING
(234)
PORTRAYING
(198)
PORTRAYING
(144)
PORTRAYING
(120)
PRAYING
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PORTRAYING
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PANTRY
(72)
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TYPING
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GYRATOR
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Words containing the sequence portraying

Words that start with portraying (1 word)

portraying

Words with portraying in them (1 word)

portraying

Words that end with portraying (1 word)

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Word Growth involving portraying

Shorter words in portraying

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in yin ayin raying

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Longer words containing portraying

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