whitewashed
/ˈwaɪtˌwɑʃt/
adjective
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.