Princeton's WordNet

1. overshadow, dominate, eclipse(verb)

   be greater in significance than

   "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

2. shadow, overshadow, dwarf(verb)

   make appear small by comparison

   "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"

3. overshadow(verb)

   cast a shadow upon

   "The tall tree overshadowed the house"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. overshadow(verb)ˌoʊ vərˈʃæd oʊ

   (of a situation) to make another situation seem less important or more negative

   The baseball scandal has overshadowed the start of a new season.

Wiktionary

1. overshadow(Verb)

   To obscure something by casting a shadow.

2. overshadow(Verb)

   To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.

Origin: ofersceadwian, from ofer- + sceadwian, a calque of obumbro, from ob + umbro. Compare Dutch overschaduwen, German überschatten.

• oorskaduAfrikaans
• يَتَفَوَّق على، يُلْقي ظِلاّ علىArabic
• засенчвамBulgarian
• fazer sombra aPortuguese (BR)
• zastínitCzech
• in den Schatten stellenGerman
• overskyggeDanish
• επισκιάζωGreek
• hacer sombra, eclipsarSpanish
• varjutamaEstonian
• تحت الشعاع قرار دادن؛ کم اهمیت کردنFarsi
• jättää varjoonFinnish
• éclipserFrench
• לְהַאֲפִיל על-Hebrew
• ज्यादा अच्छा प्रदर्शन कर किसी चीज का महत्व घटा देनाHindi
• zasjenitiCroatian
• háttérbe szorítHungarian
• mengungguliIndonesian
• skyggjaáIcelandic
• offuscare, mettere in ombraItalian
• 見劣りさせるJapanese
• …을 볼품 없게 보이게 하다Korean
• nustelbti, užtemdytiLithuanian
• aizēnotLatvian
• membayangiMalay
• overschaduwenDutch
• overskyggeNorwegian
• zaćmićPolish
• تحت الشعاع قرار دادن؛ کم اهمیت کردنPersian
• كم اهميته ګڼلPashto
• fazer sombra aPortuguese
• a eclipsaRomanian
• затмеватьRussian
• zatieniťSlovak
• zasenčitiSlovenian
• zasenitiSerbian
• överskuggaSwedish
• ทำให้ลดความสำคัญลงThai
• gölgede bırakmakTurkish
• 使相形見絀，使......失色Chinese (Trad.)
• затьмарюватиUkrainian
• ماند کرديناUrdu
• làm lu mờVietnamese
• 使相形见绌，使......失色Chinese (Simp.)