tr.v., -owed, -ow·ing, -ows.

1. To cast a shadow over; darken or obscure.
2. To make insignificant by comparison; dominate.

verb

To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, shadow. See clear/unclear.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: exceed in importance; outweigh
  Synonym: eclipse

Meaning #2: cast a shadow
  Synonyms: shadow, dwarf

Meaning #3: cast a shadow upon

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Common misspelling(s) of overshadowed

• overshaddowed

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overskygge, dække, fordunkle

Nederlands (Dutch)
overschaduwen

Français (French)
v. tr. - dominer, assombrir, éclipser

Deutsch (German)
v. - überschatten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επισκιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
eclissare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sombrear, fazer sombra a, ofuscar

Русский (Russian)
бросать тень, затмевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - eclipsar a, hacer sombra a

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överskugga, förmörka, fördunkla, ställa i skuggan

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
遮阴, 使失色, 使阴暗

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 遮陰, 使失色, 使陰暗

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 그늘지게 하다, 무색하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 影を投げかける, 見劣りさせる, 覆う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلقي ظلا, يحجب نوره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נראה הרבה יותר חשוב מ-, הטיל צל על, האפיל על‬

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