devalue
Reduce in importance
To devalue something is to reduce its worth or importance.
Currency devaluation lowers exchange rates against other currencies: The government devalued the peso.
More broadly, devalue means to dismiss or diminish: Society devalues caregiving work.
The word implies that something deserving of value has been unfairly reduced.
To make something seem unimportant
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
- demeanLower in standing
- deprecateExpress earnest disapproval
- dismissSend away or reject
discredit · trivialize · undermine · disrespect · slight · snub · put down · talk down
Lose value over time
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- inflationSustained price level increase
- exchange rateCurrency conversion value
- monetaryOf or about currency
forex · currency debasement · purchasing power · peso · yuan · rupee · sterling · euro
Grow worse over time
- declineDecrease or refuse
- degradeLower in standing
- corrodeDestroy through chemical action
- tarnishOxidation discoloration on metal
wear down · undercut · destabilize · impair · compromise · vitiate · sap · hollow out
Reduce in degree
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- lowerReduce or move downward
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
downgrade · downplay · underestimate · underrate · discount · markdown · cheapen · deflate
Internal sense of value
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- dignityInnate personal worth
- respectRegard with honor
- appreciationRecognition of worth
recognition · validation · worth · significance · importance · contribution · feelings · invalidate
belittle
To make something seem unimportant
dismiss · discredit · trivialize · undermine · disrespect · slight · snub · put down · talk down · minimize
depreciate
Lose value over time
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- inflationSustained price level increase
- exchange rateCurrency conversion value
monetary · forex · currency debasement · purchasing power · peso · yuan · rupee · sterling · euro · denomination
deteriorate
Grow worse over time
tarnish · wear down · undercut · destabilize · impair · compromise · vitiate · sap · hollow out · chip away
lessen
Reduce in degree
minimize · downgrade · downplay · underestimate · underrate · discount · markdown · cheapen · deflate · shrink
self-worth
Internal sense of value
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- dignityInnate personal worth
- respectRegard with honor
appreciation · recognition · validation · worth · significance · importance · contribution · feelings · invalidate · disregard
- degradebelittle, demean, humiliate, degrade, debase
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- deterioratedecay, rot, deteriorate, decompose, corrode
- money verbsdeposit, withdraw, transfer, spend, save
- Reduceshrink, diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce
devaluerevalue
Assess worth anew
appreciate · strengthen · inflate · boost · raise
- currency devaluationReducing money's official value
devaluation, devaluing, devalued, devalues, devaluate, devaluations, devaluating