to dwarf
- verb
- /dwɔrf/
- Indeed, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare, and Medicaid dwarf other public expenditures on older persons.
- dwarfs all other things
- dwarfs other figures
- dwarfs development costs
Do you feel that romance films are dwarfed by these action blockbusters?
- Do you feel that romance films are dwarfed by these action blockbusters?
- Next thing, Peyton's entire following completely dwarfs all of ours combined.
- And this is true, but the Inflation Reduction Acts total spending dwarfs the Defense Department.
- We've seen progress using machine learning that completely dwarfs anything that I saw ten years ago ago.
- Tech dwarfs previous forms of communication.
- And it dwarfs anything that I conceived could be done before.
- It, it, it, it, it dwarfs her.
- I mean, the scale of problems between DoD and Intel agencies, DoD just dwarfs it just dwarfs that budget.
- And when it, you know, the, the statistics that you give, I mean, they are dwarfed for instance, by COVID.
- That one night of lost sleep, relative to those other things, it dwarfs.
- And then now Kim dwarfs her.
Examples
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The total of ransoms paid in 2010 will surely dwarf those of previous years.
Academic text (2011) -
With a footprint the size of a modern football field, the depot dwarfed all other buildings in the city.
Academic text (2011) -
OK, this would dwarf that on a massive scale.
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By and large, fixed income markets dwarf equity markets.
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These new revenue flows dwarf aid.
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Within the group, Russia, South Africa, and Brazil are dwarfed by China and India.
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Henry himself is shown much larger than life-size, dwarfing all those around him.
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Giant hamburgers were lighting up the night sky on neon signs that dwarfed entire buildings.
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Alex moves down the aisles of books, dwarfed by shelves that reach clear to the ceiling.
Fiction book (1993) -
The budget for the new project may dwarf previous estimates, making it crucial to revise our plans.
Synonyms
To make someone or something seem less important compared with another
To make someone or something seem less important by comparison
To make someone or something seem less important by comparison
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small, very dense star that remains after a star uses its fuel and glows with leftover heat
- Specialized
A small, very dense, faint star left when a star like the Sun stops burning its fuel
A low evergreen plant with fine leaves and small pink or burgundy flowers used as ground cover
A small spreading shrub from the southeastern United States with bright pink flower clusters
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that makes small edible nuts
- Specialized
A small bushy tree that makes sweet edible nuts and often grows in dense groups
- Specialized
A small bushy oak tree that makes sweet small acorns and forms dense thickets
- Specialized
A low-growing plant with groups of leaves and bright red berries that grows in cold northern areas
- Specialized
A small plant with soft, hairy leaves and tiny yellow flowers that lives for one year
- Specialized
A small wild plant with yellow flowers that makes fluffy seed heads in spring
- UK
A small wild plant with strong-smelling white flowers and black berries used in medicine
- US
A low, spreading plant with thin needle leaves and pink or white flowers used to cover the ground
- Specialized
A small thin fish about 10 cm long that lives in shallow coastal waters
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks
- Specialized
A very small sperm whale that lives in warm and cool seas and grows to about 8 feet long
- Specialized
A low bush from eastern North America with divided leaves and clusters of red berries that attract birds
- Specialized
A very small willow plant that grows low on cold mountains and in Arctic places
- Specialized
A small Asian tree with many branches and small leaves that grows quickly and makes a good windbreak in gardens
A small decorative bush from China with many pink, red, or white flowers
- Specialized
A small evergreen shrub like the golden chinkapin that grows on mountain slopes in California
- Specialized
A small willow bush in the eastern United States with long narrow leaves that are gray and hairy underneath
- US
A small plant in the western United States that grows every year and has yellow daisy-like flowers on rocky slopes
A small low plant that grows in clumps and forms loose mats on the ground in eastern North America
A small bushy pine from central Europe with short bright green needles in pairs
- Specialized
A low plant with white flowers that lives for many years in the southeastern United States
A small shrub with low, spreading branches that grows in cold northern regions
- Specialized
A person with very short height caused by not enough growth hormone rather than by a bone growth condition
- Specialized
A person much shorter than usual because a small part of the brain makes too little growth hormone
- Specialized
A person much shorter than average because their bones do not grow fully but with normal mind and body shape
- Specialized
A small birch that grows as a low shrub in cold parts of North America and Greenland
- Archaic
A person much shorter than average from a gene change, with usual body shape, thinking, and sexual growth
- Specialized
A person who is much smaller than normal due to a rare genetic condition, with normal mental and sexual development
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A person who is much shorter than usual because their body makes too little growth hormone, with normal body proportions
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves yellow and plants small
- Specialized
A germ that makes potato plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Australian
A small evergreen shrub with short stiff branches that grows in Tasmania
- Archaic
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves turn yellow and plants grow poorly
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dwarf as a verb comes from the same idea of small size: to 'dwarf' something is to make it look very small or less important by comparison, which is why we say a tall building dwarfs the houses around it.