Cheapen

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  • intransitive verb. To make cheap or cheaper.
  • intransitive verb. To lower in public estimation; debase or degrade.
  • intransitive verb. To become cheap or cheaper.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To ask the price of; chaffer or bargain for.
  • To beat down the price of.
  • To reduce in price or cost; make cheaper: as, to cheapen the cost of production; to cheapen the necessaries of life.
  • To lessen the value of; depreciate or belittle; make too common: as, to cheapen one's self by being too officious.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
  • transitive verb. To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to decrease the value of; to make cheap
  • verb. to make vulgar
  • verb. to become cheaper
  • verb. to bargain for, ask the price of.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
    • Word Usage
    "Does our using the word cheapen its value in describing people who have been forced from their communities by war, famine, disease, or natural disaster?"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aggravate  exacerbate  exasperate  worsen  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    devaluate  devalue  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    deepen  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adulterate  alloy  bargain  beat down  bid  
    verb-form
    cheapened  cheapening  cheapens  
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