upstage
adj 1: of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage
chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the
audience" [ant: downstage]
2: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn: aloof,
distant]
adv : at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were
directed to move upstage" [ant: downstage]
v 1: treat snobbishly, put in one's place
2: move (another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from
the audience
3: steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone
else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the
actress"
WordNet (r) 2.0
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "upstage":
DR, act, act as foil, appear, arrogant, backstage, barnstorm,
before an audience, before the footlights, behind the scenes, big,
cold-shoulder, come out, condescending, domineering, down left,
down right, downstage, emote, emotionalize, get top billing,
haughty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-hat, high-headed,
high-nosed, hoity-toity, in the limelight, lofty, mime,
not receive, off stage, on the stage, onstage, overbearing,
pantomime, patronizing, patter, perform, play, play the lead,
playact, proud, purse-proud, rebuff, register, repulse, sketch,
snub, star, steal the show, stooge, stuck-up, superior, toplofty,
tread the boards, troupe, turn away from, up left, uppish, uppity,
upright
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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