Antonyms for eyewash

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahy-wosh, ahy-wawsh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪˌwɒʃ, ˈaɪˌwɔʃ

Definition of eyewash

Origin : "a wash or lotion for the eyes," 1866, from eye (n.) + wash (n.). Colloquial use for "blarney, humbug" (1884), chiefly British, is perhaps from the notion of "something intended to obscure or conceal facts or true motives." But this, and expression my eye also may be the verbal equivalent of the wink that indicates one doesn't believe what has been said (cf. French mon oeil in same sense, accompanied by a knowing pointing of a finger to the eye).

As in blarney : noun flattery
As in bunk : noun nonsense
As in flattery : noun false praise, compliments

Example sentences :

The leaves and flowers are also used as expectorants, and the juice of the fruit and leaves is used as an eyewash.
Extract from : « Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture » by William Saunders

The eye is then covered with a cloth, kept wet with an eyewash, as for external ophthalmia.
Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture

All the high-sounding arguments for a moral world and all the laws on the books implementing those arguments are just eyewash.
Extract from : « The House from Nowhere » by Arthur G. Stangland

Synonyms for eyewash

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