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1
to diminish the price or value of
- a glutted market cheapened cranberries to the point where they were selling for less than what it cost to grow them
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2
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
- a politician who would cheapen herself by caving in to lobbyists
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- abase,
- bastardize,
- canker,
- corrupt,
- debase,
- debauch,
- degrade,
- demean,
- demoralize,
- deprave,
- deteriorate,
- lessen,
- pervert,
- poison,
- profane,
- prostitute,
- subvert,
- vitiate,
- warp
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3
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
- she really cheapens herself by shamelessly pursuing men like that
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The first known use of cheapen was in 1562
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