cheapens

verb

Definition of cheapensnext
present tense third-person singular of cheapen
1
as in reduces
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
as in degrades
to lower in character, dignity, or quality a politician who would cheapen herself by caving in to lobbyists

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as in humiliates
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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