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CHEAPEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cheapen mean?
• CHEAPEN (verb)
The verb CHEAPEN has 1 sense:
1. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
Familiarity information: CHEAPEN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: cheapened
Past participle: cheapened
-ing form: cheapening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cheapen; degrade
Hypernyms (to "cheapen" is one way to...):
aggravate; exacerbate; exasperate; worsen (make worse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cheapen"):
devaluate; devalue (remove the value from; deprive of its value)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
I learned such things then, and they cheapen what I have since learned.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He loved with single heart and refused to cheapen himself or his love.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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