释义 |
sleek over ThesaurusVerb | 1.sleek over - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"hush up, whitewash, gloss overcover up, cover - hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House" |
sleekadjective1. Smooth and lustrous as if polished:satiny, silken, silky.2. Having slender and graceful lines:streamlined, trim.3. Affectedly and self-servingly earnest:fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous.verbTo give a gleaming luster to, usually through friction:buff, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, polish, shine.phrasal verb sleek overTo conceal or make light of a fault or offense:explain away, extenuate, gloss over, gloze (over), palliate, whitewash.sleek over
Synonyms for sleek oververb cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or errorSynonyms- hush up
- whitewash
- gloss over
Related Words |