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 DEVALUE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: |  | dee'valyoo 
 
 |  | Matching Terms: |  | devaluate, devaluation, devalued 
 
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[v]  lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"  [v]  lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"  [v]  remove the value from; deprive of its value   |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | depreciate, devaluate, undervalue |  |  |  |  | Antonyms: |  | appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | alloy, alter, change, cheapen, debase, decrease, degrade, demonetise, demonetize, diminish, fall, lessen, lour, lower |  |     |  |  Thesaurus Terms |  |  |  |  | Related Terms: |  | adulterate, alloy, canker, cheapen, circulate, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, demonetize, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devaluate, distort, infect, issue, lower, mark down, misuse, pervert, poison, pollute, prostitute, ravage, ravish, reissue, remonetize, revalue, taint, twist, ulcerate, underrate, undervalue, utter, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, write, write off |  |  |  |     |    |  |