overshadow creepy ditch crocheting gory

overshadow

o·ver·shad·ow /ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ $ ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ/ verb [transitive]

1. to make someone or something else seem less important:
   1. Her interest in politics began to overshadow her desire to be a poet
   2. The achievement of the men's team was overshadowed by the continuing success of the women's team.
2. to make an occasion or period of time less enjoyable by making people feel sad or worried
   1. The threat of war overshadowed the summer of 1939.
3. if a building, mountain etc overshadows a place, it is very close to it and much taller than it:
   1. 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

1. informal clearly describing or showing violence, blood, and killing:
   1. a gory horror movie
   2. gory tales of murder
2. (all) the gory details all the details about an unpleasant or interesting event - often used humorously
   1. Come on, I want to hear all the gory details
3. literary covered in blood

Reference

• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English