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overshadow
verb [T often passive] /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/ Definition
› to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy: Karen has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister. My happiness was overshadowed by the bad news.Surpassing in quality or number › (of a building) to be much taller than another building and therefore block the sun from it: Grand Central Station in New York is overshadowed by the PanAm building.High, tall and deep
(Definition of overshadow verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- beat verb (DEFEAT)
- better noun
- catch up phrasal verb (REACH SAME STANDARD)
- compare verb (CONSIDER SIMILARITIES)
- crown verb (HEAD COVERING)
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