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adjective

as in obscured

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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
This overshadowed local candidates attempting to run on their own achievements and visions for the future. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026 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 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
That weak forecast overshadowed better-than-expected third-quarter earnings. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026 But heading into the midterms, that track record is at risk of being overshadowed by the war's toll on the economy — and by questions about what the Republican majority did, or didn't do, about it. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Security concerns have overshadowed the NFL's debut in Paris. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Hachimura filled a supporting role with the Lakers, where he was overshadowed by Reaves, Doncic and LeBron James. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 But in the general election, even AIPAC has been overshadowed by the GOP’s big-business donors, many of them in tech, who have given Republicans a historic spending advantage in this year’s contests. — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026 Compact digital cameras are back, too, with younger consumers embracing devices once overshadowed by smartphone photography. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026 Those who wanted to build a new society have been overshadowed by those who preferred to destroy it. — Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026 Often overshadowed by Mandarin-language productions promoted under Nationalist rule, these films offer a window onto Taiwanese society and identity long before the emergence of the New Wave. — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshadowed
  1. obscured
  2. blurred
  3. outweighed
  4. darkened
  5. clouded
  6. dimmed
  7. obscure
  8. blackened
Adjective
  • The face of one subject is somewhat obscured, turned away from the camera.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Each of the 24 service members is seen in obscured profile, their voices modified to make identification impossible.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of obscured
Verb
  • Each image is automatically anonymized, with potentially identifying information, like faces and license plates, detected and blurred.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Some images are etched clearly in my mind, others are blurred and disjointed.
    — Sonia Gandhi, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of blurred
Verb
  • For numerous migrants who spoke to CNN, the risk of deportation is outweighed by the crush of poverty in their native countries, and the painful distance from relatives who managed to stay in the US.
    — Merlín Delcid, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Eventually, Klam pressed pause on that career path because her passion for football outweighed the arts.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 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
  • But a vast low-pressure system had clouded the entire sky, leaving all three Iceland teams without a view.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Glee outgrew itself and became a different show altogether, and those last three seasons clouded the show’s legacy.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Oct. 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
  • The pope is, among many other things, an American baby boomer who, earlier this summer, referenced in a footnote in a treatise on peace a Dylan lyric so obscure that not even Padgett had ever heard of it.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
  • From star lender to seized bank Ueno Bank, which skyrocketed from an obscure finance company to a household name in less than five years, claimed more than 60% of Paraguay’s adults as customers.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 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 15 Nov. 2026.

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