upstage

1. (figurative, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.Examples: "If she hasn't time for this or that, if she refuses to make or keep appointments, if her face does not greet all comers with a sweet and charming smile, then the word is passed around that ‘So-and-So is getting high-hat and up-stage.’"Synonyms: airy, arrogant, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, boastful, bombasticfigurativelyobsolete

1. (figurative, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.Examples: "She only wore that dress to upstage everyone."; "Although constantly upstaged by Miss Moore's vocal flings, Cary Grant brought the appropriate note of light comedy to his role."; "Ronald Reagan’s peace plan for Nicaragua, which would have worked to his domestic political advantage even if it had failed, is upstaged by a surprise initiative by five Central American countries."Synonyms: eclipse, overshadowfigurativelytransitive

2. (transitive, theater) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.transitive

3. (transitive, by extension) To treat snobbishly.broadlytransitive

4. (medicine, transitive) To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.Examples: "Almost one-third of patients were upstaged after re-exploration, three-quarters of whom actually had stage III disease."Antonyms: downstagetransitive