OVERSHADOW

[verb] [T] - to be much taller than a building which is close and therefore to block off the sun from it, or to cause to seem less important or to be less happyGrand Central Station in New York is overshadowed by the PanAm building. [T]Karen has always been overshadowed by her elder sister. [T]The news that his father had been hurt in an accident overshadowed his first day in his new job. [T]