blackwash

1. 1.

   an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

   Synonymscharacter assassinationassassination

   Broaderdefamation
2. 2.

   a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores

   Synonymsblack lotion

   Broaderlotion
3. 3.

   a wash that colors a surface black

   Broaderwash

1. 1.

   bring (information) out of concealment

   Broaderunwrap
2. 2.

   color with blackwash

   Broadercolor

Other forms of blackwash

plural

blackwashes·

past tense

blackwashed·

present participle

blackwashing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blackwash

What does blackwash mean?

blackwash means "an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blackwash?

blackwash has 2 syllables: blac-kwash. The stress falls on "blac".

What is another word for blackwash?

Close synonyms include character assassination, assassination, black lotion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blackwash a common word?

blackwash is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.