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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary1-t-2a' class='sense '> : to make cheap in price or value
: to lower in general esteem
: to make tawdry, vulgar, or inferior
: to become cheap
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryExamples
- //products cheapened by sloppy workmanship
- //Using the national flag in advertising only cheapens it.
- //Poor marketing can cheapen a brand name.
- //I thought that the show cheapened the lives of the people it portrayed.
- //The wedding ceremony was cheapened by the best man's tasteless jokes.
First Known Use
1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1cheapen
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms
- to diminish the price or value of //a glutted market cheapened cranberries to the point where they were selling for less than what it cost to grow themSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to lower in character, dignity, or quality //a politician who would cheapen herself by caving in to lobbyistsSynonymsRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes //she really cheapens herself by shamelessly pursuing men like thatSynonymsRelated Wordsabash confound confuse discomfit disconcert discountenance embarrass faze fluster mortify nonplus rattleNear AntonymsAntonyms: to lower in general esteem: to make tawdry, vulgar, or inferior
- intransitive verb
: to become cheap
Examples
- //products cheapened by sloppy workmanship
- //Using the national flag in advertising only cheapens it.
- //Poor marketing can cheapen a brand name.
- //I thought that the show cheapened the lives of the people it portrayed.
- //The wedding ceremony was cheapened by the best man's tasteless jokes.
First Known Use
1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1cheapen
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms
- to diminish the price or value of //a glutted market cheapened cranberries to the point where they were selling for less than what it cost to grow themSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to lower in character, dignity, or quality //a politician who would cheapen herself by caving in to lobbyistsSynonymsRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes //she really cheapens herself by shamelessly pursuing men like thatSynonymsRelated Wordsabash confound confuse discomfit disconcert discountenance embarrass faze fluster mortify nonplus rattleNear AntonymsAntonyms: to lower in general esteem: to make tawdry, vulgar, or inferior
- intransitive verb
: to become cheap
Examples
- //products cheapened by sloppy workmanship
- //Using the national flag in advertising only cheapens it.
- //Poor marketing can cheapen a brand name.
- //I thought that the show cheapened the lives of the people it portrayed.
- //The wedding ceremony was cheapened by the best man's tasteless jokes.
First Known Use
1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1cheapen
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms
- to diminish the price or value of //a glutted market cheapened cranberries to the point where they were selling for less than what it cost to grow themSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to lower in character, dignity, or quality //a politician who would cheapen herself by caving in to lobbyistsSynonymsRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes //she really cheapens herself by shamelessly pursuing men like thatSynonymsRelated Wordsabash confound confuse discomfit disconcert discountenance embarrass faze fluster mortify nonplus rattleNear AntonymsAntonyms: to lower in general esteem: to make tawdry, vulgar, or inferior
- intransitive verb
: to become cheap
Examples
- //products cheapened by sloppy workmanship
- //Using the national flag in advertising only cheapens it.
- //Poor marketing can cheapen a brand name.
- //I thought that the show cheapened the lives of the people it portrayed.
- //The wedding ceremony was cheapened by the best man's tasteless jokes.
First Known Use
1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1cheapen
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms
- to diminish the price or value of //a glutted market cheapened cranberries to the point where they were selling for less than what it cost to grow themSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to lower in character, dignity, or quality //a politician who would cheapen herself by caving in to lobbyistsSynonymsRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes //she really cheapens herself by shamelessly pursuing men like thatSynonymsRelated Wordsabash confound confuse discomfit disconcert discountenance embarrass faze fluster mortify nonplus rattleNear AntonymsAntonyms: to lower in general esteem: to make tawdry, vulgar, or inferior
- intransitive verb
: to become cheap
Examples
- //products cheapened by sloppy workmanship
- //Using the national flag in advertising only cheapens it.
- //Poor marketing can cheapen a brand name.
- //I thought that the show cheapened the lives of the people it portrayed.
- //The wedding ceremony was cheapened by the best man's tasteless jokes.
First Known Use
1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1cheapen
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms
- to diminish the price or value of //a glutted market cheapened cranberries to the point where they were selling for less than what it cost to grow themSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to lower in character, dignity, or quality //a politician who would cheapen herself by caving in to lobbyistsSynonymsRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes //she really cheapens herself by shamelessly pursuing men like thatSynonymsRelated Wordsabash confound confuse discomfit disconcert discountenance embarrass faze fluster mortify nonplus rattleNear AntonymsAntonyms
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