英语词汇“knocks (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 humiliates

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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humiliates
criticizes
insults
embarrasses
takes down
discountenances
abashes
sinks
disgraces
flusters
writes off
nonpluses
nonplusses
cries down
outrages
violates
shames
condemns
dishonors
discounts
rattles
humbles
disconcerts
offends
puts down
mortifies
smirches
degrades
chastens
minimizes
denounces
lowers
ridicules
diminishes
debases
execrates
confuses
demeans
detracts
fouls
fazes
abases
discomfits
discredits
disparages
cheapens
slanders
damns
confounds
reprehends
maligns
belittles
libels
decries
depreciates
affronts
defames
defiles
bad-mouths
desecrates
castigates
reprobates
smears
censures
blasphemes
disrespects
scorns
profanes
slurs
piques
slights

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

apotheosizes
exalts
puts/places (someone) on a pedestal
elevates
deifies
aggrandizes
canonizes
lionizes
enshrines
respects
magnifies
enthrones
ennobles
glorifies
loves
regards
honors
cheers
dignifies
worships
idealizes
romanticizes
adores
reverences
admires
compliments
cites
recognizes
boasts
praises
reveres
venerates
congratulates
celebrates
salutes
acknowledges
enskies
commends
decorates
applauds
hails
highlights
advances
fetes
lauds
touts
extolls
lifts
eulogizes
acclaims
fêtes
extols
upgrades
plays up
promotes
spotlights
raises
boosts
uplifts

单词	knocks (someone) off his/her pedestal
释义	knocks (someone) off his/her pedestal phrase present tense third-person singular of knock (someone) off his/her pedestal as in humiliates 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 humiliates criticizes insults embarrasses takes down discountenances abashes sinks disgraces flusters writes off nonpluses nonplusses cries down outrages violates shames condemns dishonors discounts rattles humbles disconcerts offends puts down mortifies smirches degrades chastens minimizes denounces lowers ridicules diminishes debases execrates confuses demeans detracts fouls fazes abases discomfits discredits disparages cheapens slanders damns confounds reprehends maligns belittles libels decries depreciates affronts defames defiles bad-mouths desecrates castigates reprobates smears censures blasphemes disrespects scorns profanes slurs piques slights Antonyms & Near Antonyms apotheosizes exalts puts/places (someone) on a pedestal elevates deifies aggrandizes canonizes lionizes enshrines respects magnifies enthrones ennobles glorifies loves regards honors cheers dignifies worships idealizes romanticizes adores reverences admires compliments cites recognizes boasts praises reveres venerates congratulates celebrates salutes acknowledges enskies commends decorates applauds hails highlights advances fetes lauds touts extolls lifts eulogizes acclaims fêtes extols upgrades plays up promotes spotlights raises boosts uplifts See More
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