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- Dictionarydeflated/dɪˈfleɪtɪd/
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"
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adjective. uk / dɪˈfleɪ.tɪd / us / dɪˈfleɪ.t̬ɪd / Add to word list. 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. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom.
DEFLATE definition: 1. If something that has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because…. Learn more.
1. : to release air or gas from. deflate a tire. 2. : to reduce in size, importance, or effectiveness. deflate his ego with cutting remarks. 3. : to reduce (a price level) or cause (a volume of credit) to contract. intransitive verb. : to lose firmness through or as if through the escape of contained gas. deflator noun. or less commonly deflater.
deflate. 2 meanings: 1. having lost confidence, hope, or optimism 2. voided of air or gas; not inflated.... Click for more definitions.
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.
verb (used with object) , de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing. to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon): They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass. to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, spirits, etc.); puncture; dash:
brought low in spirit. “left us fatigued and deflated spiritually”. synonyms: chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen. dejected. affected or marked by low spirits.
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. reduce or lessen the size or importance of. “The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence” synonyms: puncture. see more. verb. produce deflation in. “The new measures deflated the economy” see more. verb. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices. “ deflate the currency” see more.
Definition of deflate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
