'Cheapen' definitions:
Definition of 'cheapen'
From: WordNet
verb
Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [syn: degrade, cheapen]
Definition of 'Cheapen'
From: GCIDE
- Cheapen \Cheap"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheapening.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy, sell, AS. ce['a]pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen, Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup[=o]n to trade. Cf. Chap to bargain.]
- 1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.] [1913 Webster]
- Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. Cheap, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- My proffered love has cheapened me. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cheapen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- bargain,
- beat down,
- bid,
- bid for,
- break,
- canker,
- chaffer,
- coarsen,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- cut,
- cut prices,
- debase,
- debauch,
- decline,
- decry,
- defile,
- deflate,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- denature,
- deprave,
- depreciate,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- dicker,
- distort,
- dive,
- downgrade,
- drive a bargain,
- fall,
- fall in price,
- give way,
- haggle,
- higgle,
- huckster,
- infect,
- jew down,
- lower,
- mark down,
- misuse,
- negotiate,
- nose-dive,
- outbid,
- pare,
- pervert,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prostitute,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- reduce,
- sag,
- shave,
- slash,
- slump,
- taint,
- trim,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- underbid,
- undervalue,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- write down,
- write off