英语词汇“knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

单词	knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal
释义	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 Relevance humiliating embarrassing criticizing taking down insulting writing off crying down sinking disgracing shaming flustering putting down humbling degrading confusing disconcerting offending condemning rattling smirching nonplussing lowering violating chastening minimizing nonplusing ridiculing dishonoring demeaning mortifying damning discounting discrediting denouncing fouling diminishing debasing cheapening outraging detracting discountenancing confounding disparaging abasing discomfiting belittling decrying maligning depreciating reprehending slandering abashing fazing affronting defaming defiling libeling castigating execrating libelling desecrating reprobating bad-mouthing blaspheming censuring smearing disrespecting profaning scorning piquing slurring slighting Antonyms & Near Antonyms apotheosizing putting/placing (someone) on a pedestal elevating exalting aggrandizing deifying canonizing lionizing ennobling enshrining regarding magnifying enthroning glorifying loving respecting worshiping dignifying worshipping romanticizing admiring enskying citing adoring idealizing reverencing revering decorating celebrating playing up honoring recognizing praising venerating congratulating complimenting cheering applauding acknowledging commending boasting saluting hailing touting lauding fêting acclaiming eulogizing lifting highlighting upgrading feting extolling promoting advancing uplifting boosting raising spotlighting See More
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