deflating
Letting pressure out
Deflating describes the process of releasing air or gas from something inflated: a deflating balloon, deflating the air mattress.
More often it describes the experience of having one's confidence, enthusiasm, or ego diminished: The criticism was deflating.
A deflating moment punctures your sense of accomplishment or hope.
In economics, deflating adjusts figures to account for inflation.
Reducing in volume
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- compressingForcing into less space
- flatteningReducing to evenness
shriveling · wilting · sagging · wrinkling · crumpling · emptying · subsiding · sinking
Lost confidence or hope
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- downcastSad or despondent
dejected · let down · disappointed · disillusioned · humbled · chastened · subdued · defeated
Hole from penetration
perforation · breach · rupture · slow leak · pinhole · valve · release · pressure drop
contracting
Reducing in volume
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- compressingForcing into less space
flattening · shriveling · wilting · sagging · wrinkling · crumpling · emptying · subsiding · sinking · diminishing
disheartened
Lost confidence or hope
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
downcast · dejected · let down · disappointed · disillusioned · humbled · chastened · subdued · defeated · crushed
puncture
Hole from penetration
seepage · perforation · breach · rupture · slow leak · pinhole · valve · release · pressure drop · flat
dishearten
Cause to lose hope
- demoralizeDestroy confidence or resolve
- dispiritCause to lose hope
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
dampen · undermine · deter · disappoint · humble · puncture · burst · squash · crush · quash
pressure
Force upon contact
diminish · lessen · lower · compress · depressurize · release · let out · ease · relieve · moderate
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
- dispiritingdemoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting, demotivating
- downplayingminimizing, downplay, trivializing, belittling, soft-pedal
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- shrinking wordscontracting, reducing, diminishing, dwindling, decreasing
deflatinginflating
Causing to expand
filling up · pumping up · blowing up · reflating · ballooning
deflatinginflating
Causing to expand
boosting · encouraging · uplifting · heartening · inspiring
deflatinginflating
Causing to expand
aggrandizing · enlarging · magnifying · exaggerating · amplifying