Synonym of swept under the rug

Verb

Past tense for to hide or conceal, typically something incriminating
whitewashed camouflaged concealed suppressed cloaked covered up obscured screened veiled airbrushed hushed up covered kept dark kept secret sugarcoated swept under the carpet drew a veil over drawn a veil over pulled a veil over hid kept quiet about hidden stifled censored sat on kept under your hat kept a lid on kept under wraps dissembled masked downplayed smothered disguised redacted gagged muzzled hushed withheld put on an act put up a front papered over put on a front put up a smoke screen kept the lid on put on a false front glossed over kept quiet belied squashed shrouded occulted falsified veneered varnished misrepresented minimized dissimulated blanketed extenuated simulated secreted bluffed feigned masqueraded repressed shammed affected faked minimised withholden stonewalled muted dressed up de-emphasized kept hidden held back bottled up kept silent about withheld from kept from soft-pedalled kept to yourself clammed up failed to disclose not told soft-pedaled dummied up kept in the dark given a false idea of gave a false account of given a false account of gave a false idea of curtained blotted out enshrouded clouded shielded blocked out buried befogged eclipsed mantled overcast shadowed cast a shadow over enveloped cached wrapped wrapt shaded dimmed overshadowed adumbrated beclouded darkened obfuscated ensconced put out of sight surrounded stashed overlayed overlaid fogged overclouded bedimmed hazed dislimned blurred misted bleared blackened kept out of sight tucked away obstructed canopied swathed obliterated planted draped bearded overlay sheltered overspread blanked out umbraged inumbrated cast a shadow blacked out put in a hole shut out the light from blocked off the light to put a spin on fuzzed up cast a shadow on shut out the light blocked cocooned clad clothed protected encased distorted pettifogged hindered bemisted obnubilated blinded murked benighted finessed laundered enwrapped enfolded fronted stowed palled coated carpeted warped submerged shuttered crowned capped topped paved coloured misinterpreted miscolored twisted perverted misled misstated colored garbled palliated extended over grayed greyed overhung extinguished stowed away covered over enveloped in shadow varnished over trumped up overlain thrown on makeup threw on makeup

Verb

Past tense for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
papered over overlooked disregarded ignored discounted overpassed whitewashed condoned excused forgave forgiven pardoned remitted brushed aside passed over glossed over winked at brushed off blinked at shrugged off glozed over made light of varnished over swept under the carpet

Nearby Words

swept up swept upward swept you off your feet swerve swerve away from swerved swept under the carpet swept the board swept someone off their feet swept round swept over swept off your feet by

Antonym of swept under the rug

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