Past tense of overshadow
regular verb
The past tense of overshadow is overshadowed. The past participle is also overshadowed.
Forms of overshadow
| Base form (V1) | overshadow /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | overshadowed |
| Past participle (V3) | overshadowed |
| Present participle | overshadowing |
| Third person singular | overshadows |
Overshadowed in a sentence
- President Obama gave an important press conference today and even took questions from the press, but all of this was overshadowed by the fact that Obama debuted one of the ugliest suits in the history of this great nation.2014 August 28, Arit John, “No One Heard Anything Obama Just Said Because His Tan Suit Was So Loud”, in The Atlantic, archived from the...
- A grim castle overshadowed the village.From the entry grim
- “But then that was overshadowed by all the dress-coding.” Principal Pickford cut in.2020 October 20, Kim Harrington, Revenge of the Red Club, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 216. From the entry dress-code
- That courtwear was a poor enough choice, but was boundlessly overshadowed by his coat.1996, E. L. Wyrick, Power in the Blood, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry courtwear
- Here were the three tents overshadowed by the great lehuas, still brilliant with their cardinal blossoms.1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, page 165. From the entry lehua
Meaning of overshadow
- verb To obscure something by casting a shadow.
- verb To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
- verb To shelter or protect.
Questions about the past tense of overshadow
- What is the past tense of overshadow?
- The past tense of overshadow is overshadowed.
- What is the past participle of overshadow?
- The past participle of overshadow is overshadowed.
- Is overshadow a regular or irregular verb?
- Overshadow is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: overshadow (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of overshadow.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/overshadow. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.