Antonyms for whitewash

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hwahyt-wosh, -wawsh, wahyt-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwaɪtˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈwaɪt-

Definition of whitewash

Origin : 1590s, "to wash a building surface with white liquid," from white + wash. Figurative sense of "to cover up, conceal" is attested from 1762. Related: Whitewashed; whitewashing. The noun is recorded from 1690s.

verb cover up the truth

Example sentences :

You know your uncle's reputation—the past one, I mean, not the whitewash.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

At all events, its colour remained unimpaired by paint or whitewash.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

They are mere ghosts, their skeletons wrapped in a shroud of whitewash.
Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen

Mrs. Rabbit wanted to know what he meant by carrying off some of her whitewash.
Extract from : « Sandman's Goodnight Stories » by Abbie Phillips Walker

And Mr. Crow said: "The trouble about whitewash is that it's too hard to keep it on."
Extract from : « Hollow Tree Nights and Days » by Albert Bigelow Paine

It is true that the investigation ended in a coat of whitewash.
Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland

But the evidence was so strong that no one could be in doubt that it WAS whitewash.
Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland

I am sorry to say that a workman spilt a pail of whitewash in your room.
Extract from : « If Winter Don't » by Barry Pain

I fancy it was the whitewash over your books that finally shunted you.
Extract from : « If Winter Don't » by Barry Pain

You can not reform vice; you may whitewash a sin, but it will be sin, still.
Extract from : « Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes » by J. M. Judy

Synonyms for whitewash

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