Synonyms of cheapening

cheapening

verb

present participle of cheapen

1

as in reducing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reducing
• lowering
• devaluing
• sinking
• devaluating
• depressing
• depreciating
• downgrading
• attenuating
• shrinking
• writing down
• debasing
• marking down
• writing off
• breaking
• undervaluing
• demonetizing
• underestimating
• underrating
• lessening
• compressing
• underpricing
• downsizing
• dwindling
• abridging
• deflating
• moderating
• contracting
• de-escalating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enhancing
• upgrading
• appreciating
• inflating
• increasing
• marking up
• bloating
• adding
• expanding
• blowing up
• extending
• augmenting
• maximizing
• overestimating
• enlarging
• multiplying
• amplifying
• swelling
• escalating
• heightening
• boosting
• raising
• compounding
• overvaluing
• overpricing
• dilating
• overrating
• upping
• aggrandizing
• ballooning

2

as in degrading

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

a politician who would cheapen herself by caving in to lobbyists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degrading
• corrupting
• weakening
• subverting
• diluting
• deteriorating
• debasing
• humiliating
• debauching
• poisoning
• perverting
• destroying
• damaging
• ruining
• lessening
• bastardizing
• demeaning
• disgracing
• prostituting
• depraving
• marring
• polluting
• vitiating
• profaning
• demoralizing
• tainting
• warping
• contaminating
• shaming
• cankering
• harming
• hurting
• abasing
• impairing
• wrecking
• thinning
• dirtying
• dishonoring
• humbling
• defiling
• spoiling
• tarnishing
• befouling
• depreciating
• descending
• defacing
• staining
• downgrading
• watering down
• begriming
• flawing
• taking down
• blemishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevating
• improving
• uplifting
• honoring
• exalting
• enhancing
• ennobling
• amending
• enriching
• perfecting
• bettering
• ameliorating
• restoring
• dignifying
• respecting
• refining
• cleaning
• clarifying
• purifying
• cleansing
• meliorating

3

as in humiliating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliating
• discrediting
• degrading
• disgracing
• embarrassing
• debasing
• shaming
• dishonoring
• insulting
• humbling
• demeaning
• confusing
• lowering
• rattling
• diminishing
• abasing
• criticizing
• fouling
• taking down
• chastening
• sinking
• minimizing
• ridiculing
• detracting
• discounting
• disparaging
• belittling
• smirching
• depreciating
• mortifying
• disconcerting
• decrying
• maligning
• condemning
• discountenancing
• slandering
• defiling
• discomfiting
• confounding
• defaming
• libelling
• libeling
• flustering
• affronting
• castigating
• fazing
• denouncing
• crying down
• abashing
• nonplussing
• nonplusing
• writing off
• bad-mouthing
• execrating
• censuring
• damning
• putting down
• reprobating
• reprehending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevating
• exalting
• honoring
• aggrandizing
• citing
• praising
• celebrating
• deifying
• recognizing
• canonizing
• commending
• extolling
• complimenting
• acknowledging
• lauding
• congratulating
• decorating
• applauding
• boasting
• touting
• cheering
• saluting
• acclaiming
• eulogizing
• hailing
• highlighting
• promoting
• glorifying
• advancing
• feting
• ennobling
• spotlighting
• dignifying
• magnifying
• upgrading
• raising
• enshrining
• lifting
• boosting
• enthroning
• playing up
• uplifting
• fêting
• romanticizing
• idealizing
• enskying