Synonym of sweeping 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 masking keeping quiet about stifling smothering disguising censoring keeping a lid on keeping under your hat papering over dissembling downplaying belying shrouding occulting blanketing redacting gagging withholding muzzling banning sitting on keeping hidden keeping the lid on glossing over keeping under wraps squashing muting enshrouding burking curtaining stonewalling giving a false idea of giving a false account of outlawing proscribing hushing keeping silent about blotting out misrepresenting varnishing dissimulating veneering minimizing falsifying repressing extenuating feigning secreting bluffing simulating masquerading faking minimising affecting shamming bottling up keeping quiet 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 shielding blocking out enveloping shadowing burying caching eclipsing mantling wrapping ensconcing clouding blocking shading surrounding obfuscating overlaying befogging adumbrating stashing separating swathing coating obstructing sheltering muffling canopying planting blinding obliterating bearding draping blanking out blacking out keeping out of sight isolating cocooning wallpapering clothing fronting laundering finessing covering over harbouring squirreling harboring smuggling stowing making up shuttering putting out of the way ditching holing up secluding making inconspicuous tucking away putting in a hole closing umbraging hemming girding sheathing putting up a smokescreen distorting boarding up doing on the sly stopping something being overheard bushing up shutting off blocking off shutting out walling off shutting in warping overshadowing misinterpreting colouring blurring misting hazing fogging perverting coloring miscoloring garbling twisting misleading misstating darkening overclouding bedimming beclouding overcasting dimming encasing blearing enwrapping enfolding pettifogging obnubilating murking blackening hindering dislimning bemisting benighting carpeting palling submerging trumping up putting a spin on crowning overlying topping overspreading capping putting out of sight casting a shadow over paving extending over

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 under the rug

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