deflating

5 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

If something that has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because it loses the air or gas:

to deflate a balloon/tyre

to cause something to become weaker:

The party's ambitions have been deflated by the two recent by-election defeats.

to make someone lose confidence or feel less important:

They were totally deflated by losing the game.

to reduce the supply of money in an economy