deflating
Meaning of deflating
verb, gerund or present participle
- let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object).
he deflated one of the tyres
- make (someone) suddenly lose confidence or feel dispirited.
his response deflated me
- bring about a general reduction of price levels in (an economy).
the budget deflated the economy
late 19th century: from de- (expressing reversal) + -flate (as in inflate ).
Information about deflating
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Hyphenation of deflating
de-flat-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- deflating is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
deflating synonyms
Meaning (of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way:
Meaning humiliate or depress (someone):
Meaning declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding:
Meaning make a puncture in (something):
Meaning overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person):
Meaning cause (someone) to feel less important or proud:
Meaning a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef:
Meaning make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride:
Meaning cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed:
Meaning (of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on:
Meaning feel distressed or humiliated:
Meaning cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope:
Meaning cause (someone) to feel concern and distress:
Meaning cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm:
Meaning cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence:
Meaning silence or discomfit (someone), typically by making a humiliating remark:
Meaning make (someone) feel overwhelmingly disappointed or embarrassed:
Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning make or become less:
Meaning make or become less; diminish:
Meaning less high in position:
Meaning reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of:
Meaning disparage or belittle (something):
Meaning make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected:
deflating antonyms
Meaning fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended:
Meaning increase the power, status, or wealth of:
Words that rhyme with deflating
Ting, ting, Hooperating, Italianating, Keating, Kweihwating, Photostating, abalienating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, aberrating, abirritating, abjudicating, ablactating, ablating, abnegating, abominating, abrogating, absinthiating, absquatulating, accelerating, accentuating, acceptilating, acclimating, accommodating, acculturating, accumulating, acerbating, acetylating, acidulating, acierating, activating, actuating, acuating, acuminating, acylating, adiating, adjudicating, adminiculating, administrating, adstipulating, adulating, adulterating, adumbrating, advocating, aerating, aerobating, affiliating, agglomerating
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