cheapen

Speech parts

1. cheapen - Adjective

2. cheapen - Verb

Meaning

To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.

To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

degrade lower fall deflate reduce decline decrease minimize depressed sink discount degraded diminish shame humble
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Antonyms

increase adore develop improve raise honor
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Hypernyms

worsen exacerbate aggravate exasperate

Hyponyms

devalue devaluate

Derivatives

cheapened cheapening

Anagrams

peachen

Examples

The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival. Adrienne Rich

There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them. Greta Garbo

I would never cheapen my relationships by talking about them. Kristen Stewart

To make a point of declaring friendship is to cheapen it. For men's emotions are very rarely put into words successfully. Hunter S. Thompson

It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves. Meir Kahane

Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them. Greta Garbo

Close letter words and terms

cheap-john cheapass cheapdate cheapen out cheapener cheapening