DWARFING Synonyms

• so strong as to be irresistible

• very strong; urgently felt

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• be greater in significance than

• make appear small by comparison

• cast a shadow upon

• bring under control by force or authority

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• put out of one's consciousness

• lessen to the point of stopping

• be greater in significance than

• make appear small by comparison

• cast a shadow upon

• one celestial body obscures another

• be greater in significance than

• cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

• design or construct on a smaller scale

• be or do something to a greater degree

• get the better of

• be or do something to a greater degree

• shine brighter than

• attract more attention and praise than others

• be or do something to a greater degree

• go far ahead of

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• become smaller or draw together

• decrease in size, range, or extent

• distinguish oneself

• be or do something to a greater degree

• move past

• be greater in scope or size than some standard

• of the back half of a stage

• the rear part of the stage

• at or toward the rear of the stage

• remote in manner

• treat snobbishly, put in one's place

• move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

• steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else

• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

• a short pithy saying expressing a general truth

• a person who is markedly small

• shade within clear boundaries

• an unilluminated area

• something existing in perception only

• a premonition of something adverse

• an indication that something has been present

• refuge from danger or observation

• a dominating and pervasive presence

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

• an inseparable companion

• follow, usually without the person's knowledge

• cast a shadow over

• make appear small by comparison