Synonyms of taking down

taking down

verb

present participle of take down

1

as in humiliating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• citing
• elevating
• celebrating
• honoring
• decorating
• praising
• exalting
• recognizing
• cheering
• playing up
• commending
• boasting
• aggrandizing
• applauding
• congratulating
• deifying
• acknowledging
• saluting
• extolling
• complimenting
• hailing
• canonizing
• lauding
• touting
• acclaiming
• eulogizing
• highlighting
• fêting
• promoting
• spotlighting
• lifting
• advancing
• raising
• upgrading
• feting
• magnifying
• enshrining
• uplifting
• glorifying
• ennobling
• enthroning
• boosting
• dignifying
• enskying
• idealizing
• romanticizing

2

as in knocking down

to take apart

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knocking down
• dismantling
• breaking down
• disconnecting
• striking
• dismounting
• detaching
• disassembling
• dismembering
• dividing
• demounting
• separating
• disengaging
• breaking up
• disarticulating
• dissevering
• disaggregating
• disjoining
• disuniting
• disjointing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• constructing
• building
• assembling
• combining
• erecting
• pitching
• uniting

3

as in recording

to make a written note of

took down the customer's contact information

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recording
• logging
• writing down
• jotting (down)
• reporting
• setting down
• transcribing
• noting
• marking
• entering
• putting down
• registering
• chalking (up)
• chronicling
• enregistering
• minuting
• inscribing
• notching
• scoring