putting to shame
Making look foolish
Putting to shame means making someone or something look inadequate by comparison, or causing someone to feel ashamed.
A performance can put others to shame by being vastly superior: Her presentation put the rest of ours to shame.
Someone can also be put to shame by having their failings exposed: The investigation put the whole department to shame.
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
loss of face · reproach · outdoing · ridicule · abasement · belittlement · cutting down to size · knocking down a peg · scorn · showing up · dishonor · jeering · outshining · blowing out of the water · upstaging · mockery · disgrace · eclipsing
putting to shamehonoring
Recognizing with respect
praising · glorifying · exalting · dignifying · lauding
putting to shameencouraging
Giving confidence or hope
emboldening · building up · reassuring · validating · affirming
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