whitewashed

Meanings

Verb

• Past of whitewash

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to a fence or wall that has been painted with the temporary paint whitewash.
• Having had any controversy or potential for scandal removed, ignored or downplayed.
• Having been subjected to racial whitewashing: made to be or seem more white (Caucasian); for example, having been made to appear whiter via makeup, or by being illustrated in pictures or portrayed in films as white (despite originally or properly being nonwhite).

Related

Opposite words

• blackwashed

Origin

• whitewash + -ed