overshadowing

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noun

A dominating shadow or malign influence.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overshadow
nounovershadowing (plural overshadowings)

plural overshadowings

  1. A dominating shadow or malign influence.

    Such trials to a peaceful people, only enhance their love of peace; for the grief-stricken heart flees to retirement and tranquillity. At the overshadowings of such afflictions, I should never tremble for my country, much less should I despair […]

    1831, Thomas Smith Grimké, Reflections on the Character and Objects of All Science and Literature
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APA

overshadowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshadowing

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“overshadowing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshadowing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overshadowing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshadowing.

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