abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humble, lower, shame, sink, smirch, take down

abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattlebelittle, castigate, criticize, cry down, decry, depreciate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, put down, ridicule, write offbad-mouth, defame, defile, libel, malign, slanderaffront, insultcensure, condemn, damn, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate

aggrandize, canonize, deify, elevate, exalt

acclaim, applaud, boast, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, eulogize, extol(also extoll), fete(or fête), hail, honor, laud, praise, salute, toutacknowledge, recognizehighlight, play up, spotlightdignify, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnifyadvance, boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, upliftidealize, romanticize