- 1cheapen somebody/yourself to make someone lose respect for himself or herself synonym degrade She never cheapened herself by lowering her standards.
- 2cheapen something to make something lower in price to cheapen the cost of raw materials
- 3cheapen something to make something appear to have less value The movie was accused of cheapening human life.
cheapen
verbNAmE//ˈtʃipən//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cheapen he / she / it cheapens
past simple cheapened
-ing form cheapening
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