Who paid you to add this sentence? You're trying to brainwash us!
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Brainwash
//ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ//
Synonyms for "brainwash" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
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1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 50 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- غسيل مخ noun (form of indoctrination)
- غَسِيل دِمَاغ noun (form of indoctrination)
- غَسِيل مُخّ noun (form of indoctrination)
- غَسَل الدِماغ verb (to affect one's mind)
Armenian
2 entries- ուղեղների լվացում noun (form of indoctrination)
- ուղեղը լվանալ verb (to affect one's mind)
Belarusian
1 entries- прамыва́нне мазго́ў noun (form of indoctrination)
Bulgarian
1 entries- проми́ване на мо́зъци noun (form of indoctrination)
Catalan
2 entries- rentat de cervell noun (form of indoctrination)
- rentar el cervell verb (to affect one's mind)
Chinese
1 entries- 洗腦 /洗脑 noun (form of indoctrination)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 洗腦 /洗脑 noun (form of indoctrination)
- 洗腦 /洗脑 verb (to affect one's mind)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 洗腦 /洗脑 noun (form of indoctrination)
- 洗腦 /洗脑 verb (to affect one's mind)
Czech
2 entries- vymývání mozků noun (form of indoctrination)
- vymýt mozek verb (to affect one's mind)
Danish
2 entries- hjernevask noun (form of indoctrination)
- hjernevaske verb (to affect one's mind)
Dutch
2 entries- hersenspoeling noun (form of indoctrination)
- hersenspoelen verb (to affect one's mind)
Esperanto
1 entries- cerbolavado noun (form of indoctrination)
Estonian
1 entries- ajupesu noun (form of indoctrination)
Faroese
1 entries- heilatváttur noun (form of indoctrination)
Finnish
2 entries- aivopesu noun (form of indoctrination)
- aivopestä verb (to affect one's mind)
French
4 entries- lavage de cerveau noun (form of indoctrination)
- bourrer le crâne verb (to affect one's mind)
- décerveler verb (to affect one's mind)
- laver le cerveau verb (to affect one's mind)
Georgian
1 entries- ტვინის გამორეცხვა noun (form of indoctrination)
German
4 entries- Gehirnwäsche noun (form of indoctrination)
- Hirnwäsche noun (form of indoctrination)
- Mentizid noun (form of indoctrination)
- einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen verb (to affect one's mind)
Greek
1 entries- πλύση εγκεφάλου noun (form of indoctrination)
Hebrew
2 entries- שטיפת מוח \ שְׁטִיפַת מוֹחַ noun (form of indoctrination)
- שָׁטַף מֹחַ verb (to affect one's mind)
Hungarian
2 entries- agymosás noun (form of indoctrination)
- agymosást végez verb (to affect one's mind)
Icelandic
2 entries- heilaþvottur noun (form of indoctrination)
- heilaþvo verb (to affect one's mind)
Indonesian
2 entries- cuci otak noun (form of indoctrination)
- mencuci otak verb (to affect one's mind)
Italian
2 entries- lavaggio del cervello noun (form of indoctrination)
- fare il lavaggio del cervello verb (to affect one's mind)
Japanese
2 entries- 洗脳 noun (form of indoctrination)
- 洗脳する verb (to affect one's mind)
Korean
2 entries- 세뇌 noun (form of indoctrination)
- 세뇌하다 verb (to affect one's mind)
Lao
1 entries- ລ້າງສະໝອງ verb (to affect one's mind)
Latvian
1 entries- smadzeņu skalošana noun (form of indoctrination)
Lithuanian
3 entries- smegenų plovimas noun (form of indoctrination)
- išplauti smegenis verb (to affect one's mind)
- užzombinti verb (to affect one's mind)
Macedonian
2 entries- миење мозок noun (form of indoctrination)
- перење на мозокот noun (form of indoctrination)
Mongolian
1 entries- тархи угаах verb (to affect one's mind)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hjernevask noun (form of indoctrination)
- hjernevasking noun (form of indoctrination)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- hjernevask noun (form of indoctrination)
- hjernevasking noun (form of indoctrination)
Persian
1 entries- شستشوی مغزی noun (form of indoctrination)
Polish
3 entries- pranie mózgu noun (form of indoctrination)
- prać mózg komu verb (to affect one's mind)
- wyprać mózg komu verb (to affect one's mind)
Portuguese
2 entries- lavagem cerebral noun (form of indoctrination)
- fazer lavagem cerebral em verb (to affect one's mind)
Romanian
2 entries- spălare a creierului noun (form of indoctrination)
- spăla creier verb (to affect one's mind)
Russian
4 entries- промыва́ние мозго́в noun (form of indoctrination)
- зомби́ровать verb (to affect one's mind)
- промы́ть мозги́ verb (to affect one's mind)
- промыва́ть мозги́ verb (to affect one's mind)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ispiranje mozga noun (form of indoctrination)
- испирање мозга noun (form of indoctrination)
Slovak
1 entries- vymývanie mozgov noun (form of indoctrination)
Slovene
1 entries- pranje možganov noun (form of indoctrination)
Spanish
3 entries- comedura de coco noun (form of indoctrination)
- lavado de cerebro noun (form of indoctrination)
- lavar el cerebro verb (to affect one's mind)
Swahili
1 entries- fua bongo verb (to affect one's mind)
Swedish
2 entries- hjärntvätt noun (form of indoctrination)
- hjärntvätta verb (to affect one's mind)
Tajik
1 entries- шустушӯи мағзи noun (form of indoctrination)
Thai
2 entries- การล้างสมอง noun (form of indoctrination)
- ล้างสมอง verb (to affect one's mind)
Turkish
1 entries- beyin yıkamak verb (to affect one's mind)
Ukrainian
1 entries- промива́ння мі́зків noun (form of indoctrination)
Urdu
1 entries- دماغ شوئی noun (form of indoctrination)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tẩy não noun (form of indoctrination)
- tẩy não verb (to affect one's mind)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Sami tried to brainwash Layla into being a completely different person.
Source: tatoeba (7992238)
It was like having an alien hijack your body and then brainwash you by altering your perception of your memories and experiences.
Source: tatoeba (10498700)
The news media brainwashed many people.
Source: wiktionary
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