blackwashed

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adjective

Covered in the color black.

Opposite
whitewashed
Scrabble 26
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of blackwash
adjectiveblackwashed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCovered in the color black.

    My cell had blackwashed walls, and I spent the next year in almost total darkness.

    2004, Hans Halberstadt, War Stories of the Green Berets, →ISBN, page 171
  2. not comparableHaving been villainized through a blackwashing campaign

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
whitewashed

Origin

From blackwash + -ed.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

blackwashed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackwashed

MLA

“blackwashed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackwashed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackwashed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackwashed.

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