smooth over synonyms

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belie

confute
contradict
contravene
controvert
deny
disaffirm
disagree
explode
gainsay
negate
negative
oppose

camouflage

beard
blind
cloak
concealment
cover
coverup
deceit
deceptive marking
dissimulation
faking
false appearance
front

disguise

beard
blind
camouflage
charade
cloak
color
coloring
concealment
costume
counterfeit
cover-up
dissimulation

doctor

MD
bones
doc
expert
general practitioner
healer
intern
medic
medical person
medico
physician
professor

explain

account for
analyze
annotate
break down
bring out
clarify
clear up
construe
decipher
define
demonstrate
describe

extenuate

decrease
diminish
downplay
excuse
justify
make allowances
minimize
moderate
palliate
qualify
reduce
soften

falsify

adulterate
belie
change
color
con
contort
contradict
contravene
cook
counterfeit
deacon
deceive

hide

adumbrate
blot out
bury
cache
camouflage
cloak
cover
curtain
disguise
dissemble
ditch
duck

justify

absolve
acquit
advocate
alibi
answer for
apologize for
approve
argue for
assert
be answerable for
bear out
brief

mask

affectation
air
appearance
aspect
beard
blind
camouflage
cloak
concealment
cover-up
disguise
disguisement

misrepresent

adulterate
angle
beard
belie
blarney
blow smoke
build up
cheese
cloak
color
con
confuse

rationalize

account for
apply logic
cop a plea
cop out
deliberate
elucidate
excise
excuse
explain away
extenuate
give alibi
intellectualize

soft-pedal

blue-pencil
euphemize
hush-hush
mitigate
moderate
palliate
put on the soft pedal
shush
subdue
tone down

sugarcoat

add sugar
add sweetening
alleviate
candy-coat
make more appealing
make sweet
mollify
pacify
soften up
soothe

varnish

adorn
coat
cover
decorate
enamel
finish
gild
glaze
gloss
japan
lacquer
luster

veil

blind
cloak
coloring
cover
curtain
facade
false front
film
front
guise
mantilla
mask

veneer

appearance
coating
cover
covering
disguise
exterior
facade
face
finish
gloss
guise
layer

white

achromatic
achromic
alabaster
ashen
blanched
bleached
bloodless
chalky
clear
fair
frosted
ghastly

whiten

blanch
bleach
blench
chalk
decolor
decolorize
dull
etiolate
fade
frost
grizzle
lighten

whitewash

blanch
camouflage
conceal
exonerate
extenuate
gloss over
launder
liberate
make light of
paint
palliate
sugarcoat

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