Antonyms for whitewash
ˈʰwaɪtˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈwaɪt-white·wash

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1. whitewashverb

   To whiten is to make white in general, but commonly it means to overspread with white coloring-matter. Bleach and blanch both signify to whiten by depriving of color, the former permanently, as linen; the latter either permanently (as, to blanch celery) or temporarily (as, to blanch the cheek with fear). To whitewash is to whiten superficially, especially by false approval.

   Antonyms:
   blacken, color, darken, dye, soil, stain

   Synonyms:
   blanch, bleach, make white, whiten

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1. • Defeat
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   • Wash

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. whitewashnoun

   a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

2. whitewashnoun

   wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces

3. whitewashverb

   a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

4. whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush upverb

   cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

   "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"

   Synonyms:
   shut up, smooth over, hush up, skimp over, skate over, slur over, still, hush, silence, quieten, sleek over, gloss over

5. whitewashverb

   cover with whitewash

   "whitewash walls"

   Synonyms:
   sleek over, gloss over, hush up

6. whitewashverb

   exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

   Synonyms:
   sleek over, gloss over, hush up

How to use whitewash in a sentence?

1. Teng Biao:

   The 2022 Winter Olympics will be remembered as the genocide games, the CCP's purpose is to exactly turn the sports arena into a stage for political legitimacy and a tool to whitewash all those atrocities.

2. Michael McCaul:

   It's reprehensible that the International Olympic Committee has bowed down to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), ignored their gross human rights violations, and allowed them to host this year's Olympics, just as they did in 2008, the CCP will certainly use these Olympics in an attempt to whitewash their genocide, military aggression and oppression of their own people.

3. Katie Hopper:

   I would definitely use the term whitewash, i feel like it was given to a legal team to make sure it sounded legally correct.

4. Patrick Conley:

   What does that accomplish ? Does that advance race relations in America ? In the world ? it is what it is. History is what it is. You don't whitewash history. That is an act of, frankly, stupidity.

5. Maxim Behar:

   If the PR industry suffers from this negative reputation, it is because many people associate our profession with politicians and business people who use various contrivances and tricks to conceal or whitewash their flaws and wrongdoings.

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