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adjective

as in obscured

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overshadowed

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verb

past tense of overshadow
1
as in blurred
to make dark, dim, or indistinct large trees overshadow the yard and darken the house for much of the day

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2
as in outweighed
to be greater in importance than later you'll find that verbal skills overshadow any skills you have at video games

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Recent Examples of overshadowed
Adjective
Ghent is a little overshadowed in the Belgian city break stakes by Bruges. — Adrienne Wyper, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026 Canada’s first-ever World Cup win was overshadowed yesterday when midfielder Ismaël Koné suffered a broken leg after a tackle that left teammates shaken and coach Jesse Marsch lamenting an injury that turned a night of celebration into one of anguish. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 June 2026 Oliver Bonk, the 22nd pick in the 2023 draft, may be the most overshadowed former first-round pick in recent Flyers history. — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 So the overshadowed former play has only been rarely seen. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 So, the overshadowed former play has only been rarely seen. — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026 Washington had long forfeited its campaign of aiding opposition forces that had become overshadowed by more radical elements. — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile, the directors singled out shows like Aaron Sorkin’s Sports Night in 1999 (a year ahead of the Aaron Sorkin–Thomas Schlamme awards curve for The West Wing), the overshadowed–by–The Sopranos HBO drama Deadwood in 2004, and the cult hit Pushing Daisies in 2008. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2025
Verb
But some of that was still overshadowed by all the chaos that had to happen first. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026 While Adebayo might be overshadowed by Antetokounmpo at the podium, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra expects Antetokounmpo to help bring more attention to Adebayo’s sometimes overlooked and underappreciated two-way skill set this season. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 The Jets’ 1-2 record has overshadowed something their fans have rarely seen over the past decade, a productive offense. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 Instead, they were overshadowed by Sonos’s disastrous app redesign. — John Higgins, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2026 Over the past month, an attempt by LSU to land two football players who had spent time in NFL training camps led to litigation that overshadowed the start of the season. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Time after time, any benefits resulting from these projects were consistently overshadowed by the massive costs to the public. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 The investigation of Evans was overshadowed in most press accounts, which focussed on the fact that the ICE agent, Christian Castro, was the first federal officer deployed to Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge to be prosecuted for any crime. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 It has surely been overshadowed by this brand new lunar beauty mark. — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshadowed
  1. obscured
  2. blurred
  3. outweighed
  4. darkened
  5. clouded
  6. dimmed
  7. obscure
  8. blackened
Adjective
  • Each of the 24 service members is seen in obscured profile, their voices modified to make identification impossible.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Across Britain, where the sun was more than 90% obscured, people flocked to hilltop parks and anywhere with an open view of the sky to see the best eclipse since 1999.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscured
Verb
  • The move into podcasting marks another expansion for MasterClass, which has increasingly blurred the lines between online education and entertainment.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the line between sports leagues and the media outlets that cover them has blurred.
    — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of blurred
Verb
  • Cardtoons won because its alteration of the players’ appearances was deemed sufficiently inventive and, through parody, the cards reflected social commentary protected by the First Amendment that outweighed the players’ publicity rights claims.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • When his grandfather was mauled by a leopard caught in a trap set for an impala, however, Mgesi began to feel that the dangers of hunting wildlife outweighed its benefits for humans.
    — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of outweighed
Adjective
  • Around them stand darkened houses, and uncollected trash piles up on the street.
    — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This trend has been pretty pervasive among designer bags recently, with shoppers buying new Prada and Chanel bags with darkened leather to give them a used look, or sourcing vintage Celine bags with obvious signs of wear.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 2 July 2026
Definition of darkened
Verb
  • Sube Shoten, a tofu maker founded in 1877 during Japan’s Meiji era, reportedly ceased operations in May and began preparing to file for bankruptcy as low profit margins and a recent surge in raw-material costs clouded its business outlook.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The sky had clouded in the meantime, deleting the circle from the wall—she’d arrived just in time to witness it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of clouded
Adjective
  • In the dimmed light of a hospital room in Nevada, the placenta — blue and shining — has just delivered.
    — Mara Evans, STAT, 27 July 2026
  • One of the great aspects of my tablet is its lighting, whether it's being used in bright sunlight or on a dimmed plane.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 June 2026
Definition of dimmed
Adjective
  • Other researchers were hunting the agents online and finding traces of them on obscure message boards.
    — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Akhtar is at his best here because the sensations remain vivid even when their significance is obscure.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of obscure
Adjective
  • The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of blackened

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“Overshadowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshadowed. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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