Synonyms of knocked (someone) off his/her pedestal

knocked (someone) off his/her pedestal

phrase

past tense of knock (someone) off his/her pedestal

as in humiliated

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

• humiliated
• criticized
• embarrassed
• insulted
• disgraced
• flustered
• condemned
• sunk
• took down
• sank
• humbled
• cried down
• shamed
• outraged
• dishonored
• confused
• violated
• degraded
• offended
• chastened
• disconcerted
• mortified
• rattled
• ridiculed
• damned
• put down
• lowered
• denounced
• debased
• discounted
• nonplused
• minimized
• nonplussed
• fouled
• discountenanced
• diminished
• discredited
• demeaned
• abashed
• discomfited
• abased
• fazed
• confounded
• cheapened
• maligned
• wrote off
• smirched
• detracted
• depreciated
• disparaged
• libelled
• belittled
• slandered
• libeled
• decried
• defamed
• defiled
• affronted
• castigated
• desecrated
• execrated
• reprobated
• censured
• blasphemed
• smeared
• bad-mouthed
• reprehended
• disrespected
• profaned
• piqued
• scorned
• slurred
• slighted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevated
• exalted
• put/placed (someone) on a pedestal
• canonized
• deified
• magnified
• enshrined
• lionized
• glorified
• enthroned
• dignified
• loved
• ennobled
• respected
• cited
• admired
• regarded
• idealized
• revered
• worshipped
• worshiped
• decorated
• recognized
• romanticized
• celebrated
• praised
• honored
• adored
• venerated
• aggrandized
• hailed
• congratulated
• acknowledged
• reverenced
• applauded
• cheered
• boasted
• enskied
• commended
• apotheosized
• acclaimed
• complimented
• saluted
• lifted
• touted
• extolled
• lauded
• advanced
• played up
• feted
• upgraded
• promoted
• highlighted
• raised
• eulogized
• boosted
• uplifted
• spotlighted
• fêted
• spotlit