halventaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- cheapen verb To lower the price or value of something.
- decry verb To condemn something as being harmful.
- demean verb To lower someone's dignity or make them seem less worthy of respect.
- depreciate verb To lower the price or value of something.
- derogate verb (law) To cancel part of a law, rather than all of it.
- disparage noun An unequal marriage, especially to someone of lower social rank.
- 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
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
cheapen — full definition
- verb To lower the price or value of something.
- verb To make something seem less respectable or dignified.
- verb To go down in price or value.
- verb To try to agree a lower price for something before buying it.
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