My parents say that YouTube and streaming services cheapen the magic of film.
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Cheapen
//ˈtʃiːpən//
Synonyms for "cheapen" (82 found)
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30 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- يَرْخُص verb (to become cheaper)
- يُرَخِّص verb (to make cheaper)
Bulgarian
1 entries- поевтинявам verb (to become cheaper)
Catalan
2 entries- desencarir verb (to make cheaper)
- desencarir-se verb (to become cheaper)
Czech
2 entries- zlevnit verb (to make cheaper)
- zlevnit verb (to become cheaper)
Finnish
4 entries- alentaa hintaa verb (to make cheaper)
- halpuuttaa verb (to make cheaper)
- halventaa verb (to make cheaper)
- halventaa verb (to make vulgar)
French
2 entries- déprécier verb (to make cheaper)
- dévaluer verb (to make cheaper)
Ido
1 entries- chipigar verb (to make cheaper)
Irish
2 entries- ísligh verb (to make cheaper)
- ísligh verb (to become cheaper)
Portuguese
4 entries- baratear verb (to make cheaper)
- depreciar verb (to make cheaper)
- depreciar verb (to become cheaper)
- desvalorizar verb (to make cheaper)
Russian
2 entries- удешеви́ть verb (to make cheaper)
- удешевля́ть verb (to make cheaper)
Ukrainian
2 entries- здеше́влювати verb (to make cheaper)
- здешеви́ти verb (to make cheaper)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair.
Source: wiktionary
The pace of the season can't help but cheapen these scenes, but I can’t deny that it's a blast. I’ve been critical of both the relative depopulation of the cast in this final run and the speedy, schematic narrative that checks off high points and moves on without really building to them.
Source: wiktionary
I should like to have seen that noble old madcap Peterborough in his boots (he actually had the audacity to walk about Bath in boots!), with his blue ribbon and stars, and a cabbage under each arm, and a chicken in his hand, which he had been cheapening for his dinner.
Source: wiktionary
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