Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blackwash
Participle: blackwashed
Gerund: blackwashing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blackwash |
| you | blackwash |
| he;she;it | blackwashes |
| we | blackwash |
| you | blackwash |
| they | blackwash |
Perfect
| I | have blackwashed |
| you | have blackwashed |
| he;she;it | has blackwashed |
| we | have blackwashed |
| you | have blackwashed |
| they | have blackwashed |
Past
| I | blackwashed |
| you | blackwashed |
| he;she;it | blackwashed |
| we | blackwashed |
| you | blackwashed |
| they | blackwashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blackwashed |
| you | had blackwashed |
| he;she;it | had blackwashed |
| we | had blackwashed |
| you | had blackwashed |
| they | had blackwashed |
Future
| I | will blackwash |
| you | will blackwash |
| he;she;it | will blackwash |
| we | will blackwash |
| you | will blackwash |
| they | will blackwash |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blackwashed |
| you | will have blackwashed |
| he;she;it | will have blackwashed |
| we | will have blackwashed |
| you | will have blackwashed |
| they | will have blackwashed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blackwash |
| you | blackwash |
| he;she;it | blackwash |
| we | blackwash |
| you | blackwash |
| they | blackwash |
Perfect
| I | have blackwashed |
| you | have blackwashed |
| he;she;it | have blackwashed |
| we | have blackwashed |
| you | have blackwashed |
| they | have blackwashed |
Imperfect
| I | blackwashed |
| you | blackwashed |
| he;she;it | blackwashed |
| we | blackwashed |
| you | blackwashed |
| they | blackwashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blackwashed |
| you | had blackwashed |
| he;she;it | had blackwashed |
| we | had blackwashed |
| you | had blackwashed |
| they | had blackwashed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blackwash |
| you | would blackwash |
| he;she;it | would blackwash |
| we | would blackwash |
| you | would blackwash |
| they | would blackwash |
Perfect
| I | would have blackwashed |
| you | would have blackwashed |
| he;she;it | would have blackwashed |
| we | would have blackwashed |
| you | would have blackwashed |
| they | would have blackwashed |
Imperative
| you | blackwash |
| we | Let's blackwash |
| you | blackwash |
Verbs conjugated like 'blackwash'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blackwash'
backwash,
backlash,
blackfish,
backcast,
backslash,
backward,
blackbag,
blackball,
blackjack,
blacklist,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From black + -wash or black + wash (depending on sense).
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonyms: tar, smear, besmirch
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Mistrusting my own prejudices, I have taken the story from the two parliamentary papers in which our officials have done their utmost to whitewash the tribunals and the pigeon-shooting party, and to blackwash the villagers. [1904, George Bernard Shaw, John Bull's Other Island, page lxii:]
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The masts of British frigates and U.S. warships blackwashed the piers at the Embarcadero. [2004, Peter Plate, Fogtown, page 109:]
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I do not care whether a man whitewashes or blackwashes his fence, or whether he uses guano or barnyard manure, or what his mode of cultivation may be, the question is, Does he get good fruit? [1892, Henry Ward Beecher, Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons Preached in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Sept 1873-Sept 1874, Volume 2:]
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Basquiat's epic-size, experimental canvases betray his radical determination to blackwash not solely history but art history. [2019, Celeste-Marie Bernier, Stick to the Skin, page 102:]
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TheCYGamer, for example, called out the game for liberal propaganda, stating that, "[…] This is straight up blackwashing history to please the SJW's." [2022, Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, White Mythic Space: Racism, the First World War, and Battlefield 1:]