deflates
Goes flat slowly
Deflates is the verb form of deflate, meaning to release air or gas from something inflated: He deflates the air mattress before packing it.
Figuratively, to deflate is to diminish or undercut, especially something inflated like ego or enthusiasm: Her criticism deflated his confidence.
Deflation in economics refers to falling prices—the opposite of inflation.
Make level or smooth
- collapseSudden structural failure
- compressReduce volume by force
- shrivelContract from dryness
- crumpleCompress into irregular folds
wrinkle · sag · shrink · contract · go limp · puncture · leak · empty
To make smaller
- lessenReduce in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- lowerReduce or move downward
downsize · scale back · cut · trim · pare down · minimize · shrink · contract
Hole from penetration
- exposeMake known publicly
- disproveProve something untrue
- undermineWeaken by stealth
- discreditHarm another's reputation
refute · challenge · burst bubble · contradict · rebut · invalidate · demolish · undercut
Lost confidence or hope
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- downcastSad or despondent
humbled · crushed · disappointed · discouraged · disillusioned · defeated · demotivated · sapped
flatten
Make level or smooth
crumple · wrinkle · sag · shrink · contract · go limp · puncture · leak · empty · depressurize
diminish
To make smaller
lower · downsize · scale back · cut · trim · pare down · minimize · shrink · contract · curtail
puncture
Hole from penetration
discredit · refute · challenge · burst bubble · contradict · rebut · invalidate · demolish · undercut · critique
disheartened
Lost confidence or hope
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
downcast · humbled · crushed · disappointed · discouraged · disillusioned · defeated · demotivated · sapped · diminished
- let downdisappoints, fails, betrays, abandons, saddens
deflatesinflates
Fills with gas
pumps up · blows up · fills · reinflates · expands
deflatesinflates
Fills with gas
encourages · uplifts · boosts · inspires · heartens
deflatesinflates
Fills with gas
exaggerates · amplifies · magnifies · aggrandizes · hypes
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