Antonyms for dirty linen


Grammar : Noun


Definition of dirty linen

  • As in scandal : noun public embarrassment
  • As in slander : noun scandalous remark
  • As in talebearing : noun gossip
  • As in gossip : noun talk about others; rumor
Example sentences :
  • It's not a man's business to have anything to do with dirty linen.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Why can't a man wash his dirty linen at home, if he has any to wash.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • Equivalent to saying “she liked to wash her dirty linen at home.”
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • It was in the family that our dirty linen should have been washed.
  • Extract from : « Travels in France during the years 1814-1815 » by Archibald Alison
  • Now periwinkles may be a comfort, but what I shudder at is the idea of dirty linen.
  • Extract from : « For Fortune and Glory » by Lewis Hough
  • Yes, yes,” said Robarts; “let us wash our dirty linen at home.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Jolliffe's Boys » by Lewis Hough
  • My dear Theodore, I dont want you to wash your dirty linen before me.
  • Extract from : « The Bishop's Apron » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • He took some clean linen away with him, and said he would bring home the dirty linen on the following morning.
  • Extract from : « Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) » by Lady Anne Hamilton
  • People should wash their dirty linen at home, as Napoleon said.
  • Extract from : « Eugenie Grandet » by Honore de Balzac
  • Madame had turned washerwoman and used to make him go and fetch the dirty linen.
  • Extract from : « Roderick Hudson » by Henry James

Synonyms for dirty linen

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