Cheapen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make cheap or cheaper.
  • v. To lower in public estimation; debase or degrade: misconduct that cheapened a high office.
  • verb-intransitive. To become cheap or cheaper.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to decrease the value of; to make cheap
  • v. to make vulgar
  • v. to become cheaper
  • v. to bargain for, ask the price of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
  • v. To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
  • Verb Form
    cheapened    cheapening    cheapens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    exacerbate    exasperate    worsen    aggravate   
    Hyponym
    devaluate    devalue   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    depreciate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    deepen