KNOCKING (SOMEONE) OFF HIS/HER PEDESTAL Synonyms: 131 Similar and Opposite Words

knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal

phrase

present participle of knock (someone) off his/her pedestal

as in humiliating

to cause (someone) to lose a position of esteem, importance, etc. When the scandal broke, the beloved actor was knocked off his pedestal. She signed up for the marathon in order to knock last year's winner off his pedestal.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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humiliating
embarrassing
criticizing
insulting
taking down
writing off
crying down
disgracing
sinking
shaming
humbling
flustering
degrading
confusing
rattling
condemning
disconcerting
offending
violating
lowering
dishonoring
demeaning
chastening
ridiculing
putting down
denouncing
mortifying
minimizing
discounting
discrediting
damning
smirching
debasing
fouling
nonplusing
nonplussing
diminishing
outraging
cheapening
detracting
disparaging
confounding
discountenancing
abasing
discomfiting
belittling
decrying
depreciating
libelling
maligning
slandering
reprehending
fazing
abashing
defiling
defaming
libeling
affronting
castigating
execrating
bad-mouthing
desecrating
blaspheming
censuring
reprobating
smearing
profaning
disrespecting
scorning
slurring
piquing
slighting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

elevating
exalting
putting/placing (someone) on a pedestal
aggrandizing
deifying
canonizing
lionizing
ennobling
regarding
magnifying
enshrining
apotheosizing
glorifying
enthroning
loving
respecting
dignifying
worshiping
worshipping
romanticizing
citing
admiring
idealizing
adoring
celebrating
decorating
reverencing
revering
enskying
recognizing
playing up
honoring
cheering
praising
venerating
congratulating
acknowledging
applauding
extolling
complimenting
commending
boasting
saluting
hailing
touting
lauding
eulogizing
acclaiming
lifting
highlighting
upgrading
promoting
feting
advancing
fêting
uplifting
boosting
raising
spotlighting

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