Devalue

//diːˈvæljuː//

Synonyms for "devalue" (73 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Verb(4 words)

depreciate devaluate abase avile

devaluate adulterate alloy canker cheapen circulate coarsen confound contaminate corrupt debase

Strong matches (22)

Verb(5 words)

debase debauch deface degrade dirty

debauch decry defile deflower degenerate degrade demonetize denature deprave depreciate depress desecrate despoil diminish discredit disparage distort

Related words (36)

downgrade infect issue lower mark mark down minimize misuse pervert poison pollute prostitute ravage ravish reissue remonetize revalue soften taint twist

Show 12 more words

ulcerate underrate undervalue utter vilify violate vitiate vituperate vulgarize warp write write off

Verb(4 words)

elevate undervalue vitiate write down

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

9 entries

alter change cheapen decrease degrade diminish fall lessen modify

Synonyms

2 entries

depreciate devaluate

derived

2 entries

devaluer nondevalued

derived from

2 entries

de value

manner of

2 entries

change degrade

related to

1 entries

depreciate

similar

1 entries

depreciate

Translations

25 translations across 10 languages.

Azerbaijani

4 entries

dəyərdən düşmək verb (lose value)
dəyərdən salmaq verb (lower value of something)
qiymətdən düşmək verb (lose value)
qiymətdən salmaq verb (lower value of something)

Catalan

1 entries

devaluar verb (lower value of something)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

贬值 verb (lower value of something)
贬值 verb (lose value)
降低价值 verb (lower value of something)

Czech

3 entries

devalvovat verb (lower value of something)
devalvovat verb (lose value)
znehodnotit verb (lower value of something)

Finnish

4 entries

alentaa arvoa verb (lower value of something)
devalvoida verb (lower value of something)
devalvoitua verb (lose value)
menettää arvoa verb (lose value)

German

3 entries

abwerten verb (lower value of something)
an Wert verlieren verb (lose value)
entwerten verb (lower value of something)

Italian

2 entries

sminurire verb (lose value)
svalutare verb (lower value of something)

Macedonian

2 entries

обезвреднува verb (lower value of something)
обезвреднува verb (lose value)

Polish

2 entries

dewaluować verb (lower value of something)
dewaluować verb (lose value)

Spanish

1 entries

devaluar verb (lower value of something)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If the governments devalue the currency in order to betray all creditors, you politely call this procedure "inflation".

Source: tatoeba (2880427)

Self-centered people like to devalue others.

Source: tatoeba (5819973)

All you do is devalue me as a person.

Source: tatoeba (10624281)

Algeria decided to devalue its currency.

Source: tatoeba (10987477)

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