portray
verbHow many syllables in portray?
There are 2 syllables in the word portray.How to pronounce portray:
Definition of portray:
- portray (verb):
- portray in words.
- to make a picture of depict
Synonyms for portray:
characterize
define
delineate
depict
describe
draw
illustrate
image
interpret
paint
picture
render
represent
set out
sketch
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- lychee
- staying
- purer
- smarting
- ahold
- waiflike
- enquired
- troubling
- fickle
- amuse
- fouetté
- reuse
- exite
- abased
- sappy
- misspeak
- mainly
- deepen
- brightens
- surmised
- gotta
- strangely
- rudely
- thousands
- unlike
- fairly
- ensues
- success
- virgin
- scuffling
- tasted
- schvartze
- enclose
- destruct
- swirled
- steeple
- venue
- swallow
- slightest
- guffawed
- manly
- heartfelt
- reluct
- adding
- plunder
- beckon
- shrewdly
- scrawled
- sullen
- coyness
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