Synonyms of knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal

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

• 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