whitewashed

/ˈwaɪtˌwɑʃt/
adjective
  1. Covered with a white paint or coating made from lime, chalk, or similar materials.
    • The old farmhouse had whitewashed walls that gleamed in the sun.
    • They bought a whitewashed fence to brighten up the garden.
    • The whitewashed cottage looked charming against the green hills.
  2. Deliberately presented in a way that hides unpleasant facts or makes something seem better than it really is.
    • Historians criticized the movie for giving a whitewashed version of the war.
    • The company's report was whitewashed to hide the environmental damage.
    • The politician's speech was a whitewashed account of the scandal.
Antonyms
verb
  1. Past tense of whitewash: to cover with a white coating.
    • They whitewashed the barn every spring to protect the wood.
    • She whitewashed the old bricks to give the house a fresh look.
    • The workers whitewashed the basement walls to make them brighter.
  2. Past tense of whitewash: to hide or gloss over faults, crimes, or scandals.
    • The administration whitewashed the corruption investigation.
    • He whitewashed his mistakes in the interview by blaming others.
    • The report whitewashed the true extent of the pollution.
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