to cheapen

Examples

• All

• And what really happens is you're now cheapening your brand value, right?

• Has short form contact cheapened the art of film making?

• I'd rather not cheapen what we have together.

  Saving Silverman (2001)

• I mean, anything less would be cheapening the experience for our users.

• And I was very worried about doing an Office spinoff because I thought it would kind of cheapen the original.

• It would cheapen the whole experience.

  Detroit Rock City (1999)

• Don't let the world outside cheapen your gifts.

  Being Julia (2004)

• I think Adam's broad humor cheapens your wonderful writing.

  I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)

• I take it very seriously and I don't want people cheapening that with theatrics.

• "The judicial process is tainted and justice cheapened when factual testimony is purchased, whether with leniency or money."

  Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

D

to diminish

vsto cheapen

89 4.7

Make a person or thing seem less important

also covers lowering price or reducing physical quality

M

to minimize

vsto cheapen

54 4.8

Make something seem less serious or important

also covers lowering price or reducing actual quality or value

D

to degrade

vsto cheapen

49 5.1

To make something worse in quality or value

also applies to making something seem socially less respected

D

to discount

vsto cheapen

36 1.7

To sell something at a lower price than usual

also means making it seem less respected or lowering quality

D

to detract

vsto cheapen

32 5.9

Make something seem less good or less valuable

also makes things seem less respected or important

D

to devalue

vsto cheapen

22 5.0

To make something seem less important or respected

also includes actually lowering price or physical quality

D

to deflate

vsto cheapen

20 4.6

To make someone feel less confident or important

also covers lowering market price or physical quality

D

to delegitimize

vsto cheapen

• Formal

12 7.7

To make people think someone or something is not acceptable

also includes lowering value, price, or general respect

M

to mark down

vsto cheapen

6 2.5

To lower the price of something

also includes making it appear less valuable or respected

B

to bastardize

vsto cheapen

• Informal

4 8.2

To make something lower quality by changing it from its original form

also affects reputation or makes something seem less important

D

to depreciate

vsto cheapen

1 6.5

Make a person or thing seem less important and less valuable

also includes lowering actual price or reducing quality

D

to devaluate

vsto cheapen

• Specialized

7.4

To make something seem less valuable or important

is broader, also covering lowering price, quality, and respect

Antonyms

E

to enhance

424 4.0

Make something better or more attractive

E

to elevate

• Formal

52 4.4

To give someone a higher job or rank

How Cheap

to ruin

∞ 2.0

to debase

7 6.9

to cheapen

20 4.3

to degrade

49 5.1

to diminish

201 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology