cheapen
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Definition of cheapen
1 [ obsolete English cheap to price, bid for ] archaic
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Synonyms & Antonyms for cheapen
Synonyms
attenuate, break, depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, reduce, sink, write down, write off
Antonyms
appreciate, enhance, mark up, upgrade
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And then there is another factor that cheapens the overall notion of the World Cup as any sort of true international championship. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "Winderman: Nothing Olympian about basketball’s World Cup | Commentary," 31 Aug. 2019 Whatever its ambitions, The Kitchen cheapens the notion of empowerment by using it to tell a story whose main achievement is glorifying an oppressive crime ring. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, "The Cheap Thrills of The Kitchen and Why Women Kill," 19 Aug. 2019 But the Loons ended up cheapening their standing in the playoff race with a 1-1 draw with Orlando City at Allianz Field. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, "Minnesota United salvages a point in a wild finish to a 1-1 draw with Orlando," 17 Aug. 2019 Features could dilute an artist’s vision and cheapen the work. — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, "Ed Sheeran and Friends," 22 July 2019 Brandopolis respects no boundaries, even if familiar landmarks are cheapened as a result. — John King, SFChronicle.com, "Goodbye, San Francisco. Hello, Brandopolis," 30 June 2019 Without wage earners, or when workers’ time and labor are cheapened for easy sale, who will be the market for the products of these industries? — Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, "Is Poverty Necessary?," 10 June 2019 The result is that, of the dozens of speaking parts in this nearly 400-page book, only Burgh’s lingers in memory, and even his is cheapened by a lame Freudian backstory involving a dead father and a bad day at Guadalcanal. — Jackson Arn, WSJ, "‘Goodbye to Tenth Street’ Review: A Final Sweeping," 15 Feb. 2019 Like all things in synthetic biology, these tools will continue to improve, cheapen, and miniaturize with extraordinary speed. — George Church, Ars Technica, "We should create a global DNA threat-detection network to fight future pathogens," 19 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cheapen.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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