Deflating [verb]
Definition of Deflating:
reduce or cause to contract
Synonyms of Deflating:
● Depress
● Exhaust
● Diminish
● Collapse
● Void
● Squash
● Devalue
● Decrease
● Puncture
● Shrink
● Empty
● Flatten
Opposite/Antonyms of Deflating:
Sentence/Example of Deflating:
The best filled paunches cannot resist them; deflating little by little, they make the heaviest light.
"This piece of orange peel," he began, addressing our CO., and rapidly deflating the while.
Anxiety seemed to be a physical thing deflating my breast and loins.
Her gas escaped to mix with air, and the air of her rent balloonette poured into her deflating gas-chambers.