Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blackwash

3 senses of blackwash

Sense 1
character assassination, assassination, blackwash -- (an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation)
       => defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job -- (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)

Sense 2
blackwash, black lotion -- (a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores)
       => lotion, application -- (liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin")

Sense 3
blackwash -- (a wash that colors a surface black)
       => wash -- (a thin coat of water-base paint)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blackwash

2 senses of blackwash

Sense 1
blackwash -- (bring (information) out of concealment)
       => unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case")

Sense 2
blackwash -- (color with blackwash)
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in -- (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film")