Synonyms: humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, loss of face, shamefacedness, embarrassment, indignity, abashment, discomfort, discomfiture, discomposure, guilt, remorse, contrition, compunction, disgrace, dishonour, discredit, degradation, disrepute, ill-repute, infamy, scandal, odium, opprobrium, obloquy, condemnation, contempt, pity, misfortune, crying shame, cause for regret, source of regret, sad thing, unfortunate thing, discredit to, disgrace to, stain on, blemish on, blot on, blot on the escutcheon of, slur on, reproach to, bad reflection on, bring into disrepute, degrade, debase, defame, stigmatize, taint, sully, tarnish, besmirch, stain, blacken, drag through the mud/mire, give a bad name to, put in a bad light, humiliate, mortify, make someone feel ashamed, embarrass, abash, chasten, humble, put someone in their place, take down a peg or two, cut down to size, show up
Antonyms: honor, pride, respect, glory, praise, dignity, honor, esteem, glorification, laud, compliment, regard, credit, elevate, acclaim, pleasure, favor, kudos, recognition, flatter, admiration, greatness, happiness, self-confidence, reverence
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1. Two Testing Questions
Luke 20:27-40, Luke 20:20-26
Teach the Text
R.T. France
... there is no necessary conflict. But Jesus’s formula does not address the question of how God’s people should respond when Caesar sets himself up against God, as would happen under later emperors. 20:26  they became silent. Jesus has won the debate. Their discomfiture leaves the field open for a different faction within the Sanhedrin to try a more theological question in 20:28–33. When Jesus is judged to have won that debate as well, the tactic of public questioning will be abandoned (20:40). But the ...
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