Definition
Past tense of cheapen; reduced in price or value, or made to seem less worthy or respectable.
Etymology
Cheap plus -en (verb suffix) plus -ed (past tense marker). This double suffix formation is common in English for creating past tenses of verbs derived from adjectives.
Kelly Says
The phrase 'cheapened the discourse' became especially common in political language—it reveals how we often perceive lowering prices as the same thing as lowering quality, even though they're not always connected.
Translations
CSČeština
zlevněný
zlev-ne-ny
DADansk
forringet
for-ring-et
DEDeutsch
verringert
fer-ring-ert
ELΕλληνικά
μειωμένος
me-io-menos
ESEspañol
barateado
bar-a-te-a-doh
FISuomi
halventunut
hal-ven-nu-nut
FRFrançais
abordé
a-bord-ay
HEעברית
זול יותר
zool ye-teer
HIहिन्दी
सस्ता हुआ
sasta hua
HUMagyar
olcsóbbá vált
ol-cso-bba va-lt
IDBahasa Indonesia
murah
moo-rah
ITItaliano
sminuito
sma-nee-toh
JA日本語
安価になった
an-ka ni-na-ta
KO한국어
저렴해졌다
jeo-ryeom-hae-jyeot-da
MSBahasa Melayu
murah
moo-rah
NLNederlands
goedkoper
goy-kop-er
NONorsk
forringet
for-ring-et
PLPolski
wyceniony
vye-tse-no-nee
PTPortuguês
barateado
ba-ra-te-a-doh
RUРусский
дешевее
de-she-vee
SVSvenska
förringad
for-ring-ad
TAதமிழ்
குறைந்த
ku-rai-nth
TEతెలుగు
తక్కువ
tak-ku-va
TRTürkçe
ucuzlaştırılmış
oo-cuz-lar-ish
UKУкраїнська
дешевіший
de-she-vish