1. to make or become lower in price or cost
2. to make or become lower in quality, value, or dignity

Examples

• The store decided to cheapen their prices to attract more customers.
• Mass production helped cheapen the cost of electronics.
• Don’t cheapen yourself by accepting such poor treatment.
• His crude jokes cheapened the formal dinner party.
• The company’s focus on profit began to cheapen the quality of their products.
• She felt that selling her grandmother’s jewelry would cheapen its sentimental value.
• Competition from overseas manufacturers cheapened the market for local goods.