What is another word for cheapens?

Pronunciation: [t͡ʃˈiːpənz] (IPA)

Cheapens is a verb that means to reduce the quality or value of something, or to make it seem less important or meaningful. There are several synonyms for this word, including devalue, degrade, detract, diminish, discredit, lower, and reduce. When a product or service is cheapened, it loses its credibility and reliability, making it less attractive to consumers. Similarly, when a reputation is cheapened, it is tarnished and becomes less respected. By using synonyms like devalue or reduce instead of cheapen, we can add variety to our language and improve the clarity of our communication.

What are the hypernyms for Cheapens?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Cheapens

The vulgar display of wealth which cheapens our life so much, the desire to seek social distinction by a scale of expenditure which in itself gives no joy, have in our time accentuated the longing for wealth out of all proportion.
"Psychology and Social Sanity"
Hugo Münsterberg
Whoever denies the people cheapens himself, and gives to the world the shameful spectacle of apostasy.
"The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters"
George Sand, Gustave Flaubert Translated by A.L. McKensie
The railway, on the other hand, is no immediate cause of pleasure, but it cheapens goods by enabling them to be carried more easily: it allows people to live in the country, instead of the crowded town, or it carries them on pleasant and wholesome excursions.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons

Famous quotes with Cheapens

  • Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.
    Ben Harper
  • No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion — it is an evil government.
    Eric Hoffer
  • See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion; See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious.
    William Dean Howells

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