TAKEN DOWN Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

taken down

verb

past participle of take down

as in humiliated

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes

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as in knocked down

to take apart electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run

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as in noted

to make a written note of took down the customer's contact information

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Recent Examples of taken down The ad was taken down five days before the election, as Ramaswamy appears to be facing an uphill battle against Acton. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026 Rabah said families were not notified before the memorial was taken down and questioned whether the district intended to restore it. — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Last week, Collins distanced herself from the ad and called for it to be taken down. — Julia Terruso, Time, 26 Oct. 2026 In the past two weeks, the team has taken down Kansas State and Oklahoma State. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Some protesters held signs with photos of the works that had been taken down. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Oct. 2026 The estate sent Parillo a cease-and-desist letter demanding the accounts be taken down. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026 Two of them — the Goth one and the Johansson one — appear to be taken down. — Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026 Facing a flurry of negative reactions, the AI content was taken down within three hours. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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From the very start, the students assigned as guards went on cruel power trips and repeatedly humiliated — if not psychologically tortured — the inmates, to the point that some of the prisoners suffered nervous breakdowns.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026
The Packers come off an angry loss while the Panthers were humiliated on Sunday.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of humiliated

Verb

Seeman appeared to curse at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride, and Hill confronted Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson after being inadvertently knocked down.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
When Conrad was knocked down at a practice session, Belmonte ran to help him while Manolete lured the animal away.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

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But a staff report by the Development Review Committee noted that the building is significantly larger in mass and scale than its immediate surroundings and suggested design tweaks to reduce the massing effect.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
The researchers noted that retatrutide’s lack of FDA approval was a limitation, and further studies are needed to determine how the drug may affect long-term cardiovascular outcomes.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of noted

Verb

Schools banned its use, and journalists were shamed for credulously repeating its hoaxes.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
In that same 2023 Pew Research report, over half of non-Spanish-speaking Latinos reported being shamed for not knowing the language.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of shamed

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The rear subframe can be disconnected, allowing the engine and fuel tank to slide out together as a single unit.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
The phone call did not reveal a location because it was disconnected almost immediately, the sheriff's office said.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of disconnected

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Such a promise needs to be written down, with a way for employees to challenge a broken commitment.

— Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Brian had written down the recipe, and, in his back shed, Michael, with the eventual assistance of Kasey, sets about following it into strange and disturbing territory.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of written down

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The machine generated about a dozen or so graphs, marked by human figures and bursts of colors that denoted energy fields, broken down by organ—and even tooth.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Interestingly, the material is also recyclable, meaning its constituent parts can be broken down and reused.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

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