backwash
- noun
- /ˈbækˌwɑʃ/
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repercusión
- In all of those places, and at every point in history, Mr. Anderson discovers the perpetual promise of new beginnings and a poisonous backwash of anomie, violence, and greed.
Examples
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The backwash from the chopper disturbs their formal clothing.
Fiction book (1997) -
I call this the Dark Backwash Effect.
Blog text (2) -
The backwash of those lies.
Fiction book (1996) -
Well, the buttered popcorn water break that is that goes beyond backwash norm and into the realm of you spit into your water cup.
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But in that decade, and in the backwash of powerful forces unleashed by the abolition of slavery, they began to lose their isolation and enter the local economy.
Academic text (1990) -
The backwash from the political scandal had long-lasting effects on his reputation.
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Many local businesses are still struggling with the backwash of the economic crisis.
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After the major layoffs, the emotional backwash affected the entire workforce.
Synonyms
165
4.8
The time after a bad event and its results
164
7.0
The changes that happen after an important or damaging event
79
6.7
An indirect effect of an action that often appears later and is not expected
18
6.8
A strong negative reaction from people after an action or decision
11
3.7
A result that continues a long time after something happens
2
4.7
An indirect result of an event that causes other changes
Negative effects that appear some time after an action or decision
Antonyms
How Strong
- Literature
106
4.8
102
6.7
79
6.7
12
5.1
∞
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backwash comes from back ('behind') and wash ('move water'). Think of a big event making waves and the water that comes back later and causes trouble — so backwash is the indirect 'after-effect' or result that follows an event.