1. An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
   "The political campaign devolved into blackwash rather than policy debates";
   - character assassination, assassination
    
2. A wash that colours a surface black
   "They applied a blackwash to the fence to give it an aged appearance"
    
3. A mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
   "The doctor applied blackwash to treat the patient's syphilitic lesions";
   - black lotion

1. Colour with blackwash
   "They blackwashed the basement walls to prevent moisture"
    
2. Deliberately portray (someone or something) in an overly negative or unfavourable light
   "The media blackwashed the candidate's entire career"

Derived forms: blackwashed, blackwashes, blackwashing

Type of: application, break, bring out, calumniation, calumny, color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], defamation, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, hatchet job, lay bare, let on, let out, lotion, obloquy, reveal, traducement, uncover, unwrap, wash

Encyclopedia: Blackwash