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deflating

The word “deflating” has 3 syllables: de-flat-ing

It's pronounced as /dɪˈfleɪ.tɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for deflating?

In the thesaurus, “deflating” has 156 synonyms and 64 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for deflating along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for deflating

Antonyms for deflating

  • accumulating
  • animating
  • appreciating
  • arising
  • ascending
  • assuring
  • ballooning
  • blowing up
  • boosting
  • bourgeoning
  • building
  • bulking
  • burgeoning
  • cheering
  • dilating
  • distending
  • emboldening
  • encouraging
  • energizing
  • enforcing
  • enhancing
  • enlarging
  • enlivening
  • escalating
  • exciting
  • expanding
  • filling
  • fortifying
  • galvanizing
  • gladdening
  • growing
  • heartening
  • increasing
  • inflating
  • inspiring
  • intensifying
  • invigorating
  • lifting
  • marking up
  • mounting
  • mushrooming
  • nerving
  • patching
  • picking up
  • plugging
  • provoking
  • quickening
  • rallying
  • reassuring
  • reenforcing
  • reinforcing
  • rising
  • sealing
  • snowballing
  • soaring
  • spiking
  • steeling
  • stimulating
  • stirring
  • strengthening
  • swelling
  • upgrading
  • upping
  • waxing

Meanings of deflating

  • verb
    1. To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
    2. To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink.
    3. To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
    4. To become deflated.
    5. To let down or disappoint.
    6. To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.

Example Sentences

  • He is deflating the tires to prepare the car for transport.
  • The coach’s harsh words were deflating to the young player.
  • They were deflating the balloons after the party ended.
  • Her tone was unintentionally deflating his excitement.
  • The machine is deflating the airbag as part of the safety test.

On this page you'll find 220 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to deflating, such as: abating, accumulating, afflicting, animating, appreciating, arising, ascending.

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