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Cheapen

To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.

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Broader term 4

Aggravate 76% connected

To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exacerbate 76% connected

To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exasperate 76% connected

Exasperated; imbittered.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Abjection 74% connected

The act of bringing down or humbling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Abjection 74% connected

The act of bringing down or humbling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Debasement 74% connected

The act of debasing or the state of being debased.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Debasement 74% connected

The act of debasing or the state of being debased.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Degrade 92% connected

To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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