overshadow
oh ver sha doh
- v be greater in significance than
the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness - v make appear small by comparison
- v cast a shadow upon
The tall tree overshadowed the house
- Stanley Kubrick's coldly magnificent "sinny" adaptation has sometimes threatened to overshadow this great novel.
- In recent weeks, these conflicting perceptions of Jesse Jackson have come to overshadow his remarkable achievements in the Democratic primaries.
- When Roosevelt was a toddler, his asthma began to overshadow everything he did.