cheapen

v., -ened, -en·ing, -ens.

v.tr.

1. To make cheap or cheaper.
2. To lower in public estimation; debase or degrade: misconduct that cheapened a high office.

v.intr.

To become cheap or cheaper.

cheapener cheap'en·er n.

verb

1. To become or make less in price or value: depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, reduce, write down. See increase/decrease, money.
2. To lower in character or quality: debase, degrade, demean, downgrade. See better/worse.

v

Definition: diminish worth
Antonyms: appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
  Synonym: degrade

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - nedsætte, forsimple, tinge om prisen på
v. intr. - blive billigere

Nederlands (Dutch)
in waarde (doen) afnemen, afbreuk doen aan

Français (French)
v. tr. - rendre (qch) moins cher, faire baisser, dévaloriser, rabaisser (qn)
v. intr. - se rabaisser

Deutsch (German)
v. - verbilligen, herabsetzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φτηναίνω, προστυχαίνω, ευτελίζω

Italiano (Italian)
screditare, sminuire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - baratear, depreciar

Русский (Russian)
удешевить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abaratar, rebajar el precio, degradar
v. intr. - abaratarse, rebajarse, degradarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förbilliga, klassa ner, bli billigare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
降低...的价格, 使便宜, 贬低, 使受人轻视, 使变得低劣, 跌价, 减价

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 降低...的價格, 使便宜, 貶低, 使受人輕視, 使變得低劣
v. intr. - 跌價, 減價

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 싸게 하다, 조잡하게 하다
v. intr. - 싸지다, 경시하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 安くする, 安くなる, 安っぽくする, 見くびる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) رخص, خفض, قلل الثمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוזיל, זלזל ב-‬
v. intr. - ‮נעשה זול‬

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