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Synonyms for overshadowed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-shad-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈʃæd oʊ |
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Définition of overshadowed
Origin :- Old English ofersceadwian "to cast a shadow over, obscure;" see over + shadow (v.). It was used to render Latin obumbrare in New Testament, as were Middle High German überschatewen, Middle Dutch overschaduwen, Gothic ufarskadwjan. Figurative sense is from 1580s. Related: Overshadowed; overshadowing.
- verb make obscure, dim, vague
- The deep gloom that had overshadowed the land had been relieved by one single ray.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- The question that overshadowed all others, however, was that of the Irish Church.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- But like all such overshadowed delights, their end came swiftly, ruthlessly.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The absurdity of the idea, to the girl's mind, overshadowed even the surprise of it.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- All his better thoughts and feelings were overshadowed for the moment.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Was she kindly treated while overshadowed by her terrible infirmity?
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- Him then, having thus spoken, the end of death then overshadowed.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- Those young lives must not be overshadowed by a sick man's whims.
- Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- So Italian literature has always been overshadowed by Latin literature.
- Extract from : « The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 » by William Painter
- Indeed the whole English life of this period was overshadowed by Germany.
- Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
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