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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.
feeling less confident and positive than before: Her criticism left me feeling a little 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. be in a funk idiom. displeased. dissatisfied. distraught. distressed. dog.
Deflate definition: to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon). See examples of DEFLATE used in a sentence.
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.
deflated adjective. When she refused I felt deflated. 2. verb. When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness. [VERB] ...a deflated dinghy. [VERB-ed] We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert.
Definition of deflate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
deflate. 2 meanings: 1. having lost confidence, hope, or optimism 2. voided of air or gas; not inflated.... Click for more definitions.
IPA guide. 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.
