eyewash – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
eyewash
n.
deceptive speech or actions; nonsense; eye lotion, substance used to cleanse or medicate the eyes
Eyewash
Eyewash is a fluid, commonly
saline, used in the aid of rinsing of the
eye. Eyewash may also describe the apparatus used to physically wash the eyes in the case that they may be
contaminated by foreign materials or substances.
eyewash
Noun
1. lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes
(synonym) eye-lotion, collyrium
(hypernym) lotion, application
Eyewash
(n.)
See Eyewater.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
eyewash
Synonyms and related words:
adulation, balls, balm, baloney, balsam, bilge, blague, blandishment, blarney, bosh, brilliantine, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cajolement, cajolery, cerate, chrism, claptrap, cold cream, collyrium, compliment, crap, cream, demulcent, embrocation, emollient, eye-lotion, eyewater, face cream, fair words, fawning, flam, flattery, flimflam, gammon, grease, hand lotion, hogwash, hoke, hokum, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, hooey, horsefeathers, humbug, humbuggery, incense, inunction, inunctum, jiggery-pokery, lanolin, lenitive, liniment, lotion, malarkey, moonshine, nard, oil, ointment, palaver, pomade, pomatum, praise, pretty lies, rot, salve, soap, soft soap, soothing syrup, spikenard, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sycophancy, twaddle, unction, unguent, unguentum, vulnerary, wheedling
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
