cheapen
verb/ˈtʃiːpən/
/ˈtʃiːpən/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cheapen | /ˈtʃiːpən/ /ˈtʃiːpən/ |
| he / she / it cheapens | /ˈtʃiːpənz/ /ˈtʃiːpənz/ |
| past simple cheapened | /ˈtʃiːpənd/ /ˈtʃiːpənd/ |
| past participle cheapened | /ˈtʃiːpənd/ /ˈtʃiːpənd/ |
| -ing form cheapening | /ˈtʃiːpənɪŋ/ /ˈtʃiːpənɪŋ/ |
- cheapen somebody/yourself to make people lose respect for somebody or for yourself synonym degrade
- She never cheapened herself by lowering her standards.
- It just cheapens you when you make jokes like that.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- cheapen something to make something lower in price
- to cheapen the cost of raw materials
- cheapen something to make something appear to have less value
- The movie was accused of cheapening human life.
Check pronunciation:
cheapen