overshadow
o·ver·shad·ow /ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ $ ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ/ verb [transitive]
- to make someone or something else seem less important:
- Her interest in politics began to overshadow her desire to be a poet
- The achievement of the men’s team was overshadowed by the continuing
success of the women’s team.
- to make an occasion or period of time less enjoyable by making people feel
sad or worried
- The threat of war overshadowed the summer of 1939.
- if a building, mountain etc overshadows a place, it is very close to it and
much taller than it:
- a dark valley overshadowed by towering peaks.
creepy
creep·y /ˈkriːpi/ adjective informal
making you feel nervous and slightly frightened:
- There’s something creepy about the way he looks at me
- The whole place feels creepy
ditch
ditch1 /dɪtʃ/ noun [countable]
a long narrow hole dug at the side of a field, road etc to hold or remove
unwanted water.
crocheting
cro·chet /ˈkrəʊʃeɪ $ kroʊˈʃeɪ/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
to make clothes etc from wool or cotton, using a special needle with a hook at
one end
- crochet noun [uncountable]
- crocheting noun [uncountable]
gory
gor·y /ˈɡɔːri/ adjective
- informal clearly describing or showing violence, blood, and killing:
- a gory horror movie
- gory tales of murder
- (all) the gory details all the details about an unpleasant or interesting
event - often used humorously
- Come on, I want to hear all the gory details
- literary covered in blood
Reference
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English