The politician tried to whitewash the poor job he did dealing with the coronavirus.
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Whitewash
//ˈwaɪtwɒʃ//
Synonyms for "whitewash" (214 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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justifykeep under coverlacquerlay on colorlessenlet golet offmake allowance formaskmincemiscitemiscolormisquotemisreportmisrepresentmisstatemitigatemitigationno contestnonpros
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obfuscateobscureoccultoverbearoverpaintoverstateoverwhelmoverwhelming defeatpaintpalliatepalliationpalliativepardonpargetpastepastingpervertpigmentpipe claypipe-clayprettifyprimepurgequalificationquash the chargereleaseremitschmearscreenset freeshadeshadowshellacshellackingshriveshroudshut outskunkslantslop on paintslur oversmashing defeatsmearsmearingsnow undersoft pedalsoft-pedalsoftensofteningspinstainsteamrollerstipplestrainsugarcoattincttincturetingetinttitivatetonetotal defeattrick outtwistundercoatunderstateutter defeatvarnishveilveneervindicatewarpwashwhelmwhitewhitenwhiteningwhitewashingwhitingwhompwhopwhoppingwithdraw the charge
Verb(4 words)
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Translations
139 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κονιάω verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Bengali
1 entries- সফেদী noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бадана noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- варов разтвор noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- баданосвам verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- варосвам verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Campidanese Sardinian
3 entries- candéssiri verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- imbarchinài verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- scandèssiri verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Catalan
3 entries- blanquejat noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- blanquejament verb ((transitive) to distort or give a misleading account of (history, a narrative, etc.) by discounting the participation of people of colour and focusing on white people)
- emblanquinar verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 洗白 verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Czech
1 entries- kanár noun (complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin)
Danish
3 entries- hvidvask noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
- hvidkalke verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- hvidvaske verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Dutch
1 entries- witkalk noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
Finnish
4 entries- ihon valkaisuaine noun (preparation for making the skin look lighter)
- kalkkivelli noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- murskavoitto noun (complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin)
- peittely noun (thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.)
French
4 entries- badigeon noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- blanchir noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
- lait de chaux noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- badigeonner verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Galician
1 entries- branquear noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
German
4 entries- Tünche noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- Zu-null-Sieg noun (complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin)
- reinwaschen noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
- schönfärben noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
Greek
4 entries- ασβεστόνερο noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- ασβεστώνω verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- ασπρίζω verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- καλύπτω λάθη verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Hebrew
3 entries- סִיד noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- טִיֵּחַ verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
- סִיֵּד verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Hungarian
4 entries- fölényes/elsöprő győzelem noun (complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin)
- mész noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- mészfesték noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- mésztej noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
Ido
1 entries- velizar verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Irish
4 entries- aol noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- aoldath noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- bua gan scór a ghéilleadh noun (complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin)
- aol verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Italian
4 entries- calce noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- cappotto noun (complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin)
- cancellare verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
- imbiancare verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Latin
2 entries- albārium noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- dealbo verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Norwegian
1 entries- hvitkalke verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hvitvaske verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
- kvitvaske verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kvitvaske verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بادانه noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- بادانهلامق verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Polish
4 entries- mleko wapienne noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- pogrom noun (complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin)
- bielić verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- wybielać verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Portuguese
4 entries- branquear noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
- cal noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- caiar verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- encobrir verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Punjabi
2 entries- ਸਫ਼ੈਦੀ noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- ਸਫ਼ੈਦੀ ਕਰਨੀ verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Romanian
3 entries- lapte de var noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- spoi verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- vărui verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Russian
4 entries- известко́вый раство́р noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- побе́лка noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- покрывательство noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
- бели́ть verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krȅč noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- кре̏ч noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
Spanish
4 entries- blanqueado noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
- blanquear noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
- lechada noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- blanquear verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
Swedish
4 entries- kalka verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
- vitkalka verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
- vitmena verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- vitmena verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Tagalog
1 entries- apog na pampinta noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
Turkish
4 entries- badana noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
- (sb.) aklamak verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
- beyaza badanalamak/boyamak verb ((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)
- temize çıkarmak verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Vietnamese
3 entries- tẩy trắng noun (act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)
- minh oan verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
- thanh minh verb ((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))
Welsh
1 entries- gwyngalch noun (mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
For walls plaster gave a smooth white surface; or if it was not sufficiently white, or had become discoloured, it could be brightened up with a coat of whitewash or paint.
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“She has developed an arrogance of power,” Mr. Richardson said by telephone during a layover in Tokyo on his way back to New Mexico from Myanmar. “I’ve known her a long time and am fond of her, but she basically is unwilling to listen to bad news, and I don’t want to be part of a whitewash.”
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A report by the City watchdog into the scandal at Royal Bank of Scotland’s turnaround unit has been described as a whitewash after the regulator confirmed it would not punish the bank for mistreating business customers following the financial crash.
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