Overview of verb deflate

The verb deflate has 6 senses

• deflate -- (collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon")


• deflate -- (release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress")


• deflate, puncture -- (reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence")


• deflate -- (produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy")


• deflate -- (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency")


• deflate -- (become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated")

Overview of adj deflated

The adj deflated has 1 sense

• chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated -- (brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually")