'deflate' definitions:
Definition of 'deflate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"
verb
Release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"
verb
Reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate, puncture]
verb
Produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy" [ant: inflate]
verb
Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant: inflate]
verb
Definition of 'deflate'
From: GCIDE
- deflate \de*flate"\, v. t. [Pref. de- down + L. flare, flatus to blow.] To reduce from an inflated condition; used literally and metaphorically; as, to deflate a tire; to deflate expectations. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'deflate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridge,
- beat down,
- belie,
- blow sky-high,
- blow up,
- break,
- cave,
- cave in,
- cheapen,
- collapse,
- compress,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut prices,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- devaluate,
- diminish,
- disarm,
- disconfirm,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disprove,
- dive,
- downgrade,
- embarrass,
- enchain,
- explode,
- expose,
- fall,
- fall in,
- fall in price,
- fold,
- fold up,
- gag,
- give way,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- implode,
- invalidate,
- jew down,
- knock out,
- lessen,
- let down,
- lower,
- manacle,
- mark down,
- mortify,
- muzzle,
- negate,
- negative,
- nose-dive,
- paralyze,
- pare,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- prostrate,
- prove the contrary,
- puncture,
- put out,
- put to shame,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- sag,
- scale down,
- shame,
- shave,
- shorten,
- show up,
- silence,
- simplify,
- slash,
- slump,
- step down,
- strangle,
- take from,
- throttle,
- trim,
- truss up,
- tune down,
- undercut