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halventaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  • cheapen verb To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper.
  • decry verb To denounce as harmful.
  • demean verb To lower someone's dignity or make them seem less worthy of respect.
  • depreciate verb To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
  • derogate verb To partially repeal (a law etc.).
  • disparage noun Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
  • dispel verb To make fears, doubts, or false ideas disappear by showing they have no basis.
  • trash noun Discarded material; garbage or rubbish.

Senses

halventaa is used for these senses in English:

  • abate To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]
  • abate To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
  • cheapen (transitive) To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper.
  • cheapen (transitive) To make vulgar.
  • decry (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
  • demean To debase; to lower; to degrade.
  • demean (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
  • demean (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.

abate — full definition

  1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

cheapen — full definition

  1. verb To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper.
  2. verb To make vulgar.
  3. verb To become cheaper.
  4. verb To bargain for, ask the price of.

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