cheapener
pən verb (used with object)
1.
to make cheap or cheaper.
2.
to lower in esteem; bring into contempt: Constant swearing cheapened him.
3.
to decrease the quality or beauty of; make inferior or vulgar: She cheapened the dress by adding a fringe to it.
4.
Archaic. to bargain for.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become cheap or cheaper.
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Cheapener
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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cheapen (ˈtʃiːpən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become lower in reputation, quality, etc; degrade or be degraded |
| 2. | to make or become cheap or cheaper |
| 'cheapener | |
| —n | |
| cheapen (ˈtʃiːpən) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become lower in reputation, quality, etc; degrade or be degraded |
| 2. | to make or become cheap or cheaper |
| 'cheapener | |
| —n | |
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