Synonym of sweeping something under the rug

Verb

Present participle for to hide or conceal, typically something incriminating
whitewashing camouflaging concealing suppressing cloaking covering up obscuring screening veiling airbrushing hushing up covering keeping dark keeping secret sugarcoating sweeping under the carpet drawing a veil over pulling a veil over hiding keeping quiet about stifling censoring sitting on keeping a lid on keeping under wraps keeping under your hat dissembling masking downplaying smothering disguising redacting gagging muzzling hushing withholding keeping quiet keeping the lid on glossing over papering over keeping hidden belying shrouding occulting blanketing squashing giving a false idea of giving a false account of misrepresenting varnishing dissimulating veneering minimizing falsifying stonewalling repressing extenuating feigning secreting bluffing simulating masquerading muting keeping to yourself keeping silent about withholding from keeping from not telling dummying up failing to disclose clamming up faking minimising affecting shamming bottling up holding back keeping in the dark dressing up putting on an act soft-pedalling putting on a front putting up a front putting up a smoke screen soft-pedaling de-emphasizing putting on a false front keeping back palliating harbouring hiding from view burying not giving away keeping unknown keeping mum about burking harboring reserving blotting out keeping cover swallowing choking back sinking varnishing over pretending counterfeiting acting assuming professing posing posturing lying letting on deceiving shucking and jiving putting on pussyfooting playing possum four-flushing misleading making like play-acting making out passing for protecting

Verb

Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
papering over overlooking disregarding ignoring discounting overpassing whitewashing condoning excusing forgiving pardoning remitting brushing aside passing over glossing over winking at brushing off blinking at shrugging off glozing over making light of varnishing over sweeping under the carpet

Nearby Words

sweeping up sweeping upward sweeping you off your feet sweep off feet sweep over sweep round sweeping under the carpet sweeping the board sweeping statement sweeping someone off their feet sweepings sweeping round

Antonym of sweeping something under the rug

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