Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase portray someone as something negative.

Reverse dictionary results:
1. defame
2. vilify
3. slander
4. malign
5. disparage
6. blaspheme
7. calumniate
8. invect
9. invective
10. vague
11. abusage
12. abuse
13. abusee
14. abuser
15. cavil
16. diatribe
17. ether
18. fulminate
19. fustigation
20. hostilize
21. misuse
22. patronize
23. philippic
24. revile
25. revilement
26. reviling
27. scandalize
28. shamer
29. vilipend
30. vituperate
31. vituperation
32. vituperator
33. animadvert
34. denigrate
35. denigration
36. discredit
37. excoriation

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