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- DictionaryDeflated/dəˈflādəd/
adjective
- 1. having been emptied of air or gas: "a deflated balloon"
- 2. having suddenly lost confidence or optimism: "the news left him feeling utterly deflated"
verb. contract, shrink, condense, compress, constrict, deflate mean to decrease in bulk or volume. contract applies to a drawing together of surfaces or particles or a reduction of area or length. shrink implies a contracting or a loss of material and stresses a falling short of original dimensions.
feeling less confident and positive than before: Her criticism left me feeling a bit deflated. Synonym. crestfallen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty.
DEFLATE definition: 1. If something that has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because…. Learn more.
to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, spirits, etc.); puncture; dash: Her rebuff thoroughly deflated me. to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition; to affect with deflation.
1. a. To release contained air or gas from. b. To collapse by releasing contained air or gas. 2. To reduce or lessen the size or importance of: Losing the contest deflated my ego. 3. Economics. a. To reduce the amount or availability of (currency or credit), effecting a decline in prices. b. To produce deflation in (an economy). v.intr.
to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition; to affect with deflation
deflate. 2 meanings: 1. having lost confidence, hope, or optimism 2. voided of air or gas; not inflated.... Click for more definitions.
Definitions of deflated. adjective. brought low in spirit. “left us fatigued and deflated spiritually”. synonyms: chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen. dejected. affected or marked by low spirits.
Definitions of 'deflated' 1. having lost confidence, hope, or optimism. [...] 2. voided of air or gas; not inflated. [...] More. Synonyms of 'deflated' • dispirited, subdued, disheartened, flattened [...] • flat, punctured, collapsed, burst [...] More. Examples of 'deflated' in a sentence.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of deflate. Wiktionary. Synonyms: debunked. exploded. punctured. discredited. collapsed. flattened. diminished. humbled. humiliated. lessened. reduced. Antonyms: boosted. inflated. expanded. Deflated Sentence Examples. His uncle looked deflated and even more haggard.
