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Word "WHITEWASH" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
Synonyms:
gloss over, hush up, sleek over
Examples:
Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

Crossword Clues for WHITEWASH

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Gloss over Wall Street Journal 10 Jun 2025
Gloss over defects (9)
Defeat in every game of a series (9)
Cover-up The Times Sunday Concise 16 Mar 2025
Cover up or gloss over failings (9)
Attempt to cover up defects in limey wall finish (9)
Try to cover up comprehensive defeat (9)
Liquid used for coating walls (9)
Hide the fact that coloureds aren't allowed in here (9)
Deliberately conceal (faults) (9)
Concealment of a total victory Mirror Cryptic 27 Jun 2024
Cover-up Mirror Quick 27 Jun 2024
By which a good detergent will easily beat others? (9)
Substance used to paint walls, etc. (9)
Was he with organisation that supplies paint?
Cover faults in laundry, not including the coloureds (9)
Lime-based wall paint
Not coloured laundry to cover the faults in (9)
Chess player was here firstly to cover up a misdemeanour (9)
Gloss over resounding defeat (9)
Gloss over The Guardian Quick 17 Jan 2023
Cover up heavy defeat The Telegraph Cryptic 04 May 2022
With partying, what was guzzled? Conceal disreputable affair
Lime-based paint The Times Concise 22 Nov 2021
Attempt to conceal bad news in overwhelming defeat
Hint: Private Eye rejected a quiet cover-up
A little nonsense removing the old deception The Telegraph Toughie 15 Oct 2020
House paint The Sun Two Speed 13 Aug 2020
Attempt to conceal bad news in overwhelming defeat The Sun Two Speed 13 Aug 2020
Cover up what Hew is fiddling The Telegraph Toughie 12 Apr 2018
Cover-up The Times Concise 24 Sep 2017
Clean up or conceal the wall covering Irish Times Simplex 08 Apr 2017
Gloss over defeat
Gloss over LA Times Daily 02 Mar 2015
Gloss over
Tom Sawyer's bucketful
Light coat
Cover-up
*Cover-up
Gloss over
Cover up
Cover up, as wrongdoing
Cover-up
Milk bath?
Pale paint
Gloss over
Twain paint
Gloss over.
Concealment of damaging fact.
Political laundry.
Exonerate by superficial investigation.
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