deflate

Meaning

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

Synonyms

shrink

disinflate

flatten

puncture

collapse

empty

debase

depreciate

sink

damp

dampen

debilitate

debunk

de-escalate

deflated

deflation

degrade

demagnetise

demagnetize

depredate

depress

derogate

devaluate

devalue

devitalize

discharge

disparage

drain

drop

dull

emasculate

enervate

enfeeble

evacuate

eviscerate

exenterate

fade away

fall in

go down

humble

humiliate

impair

knock out

lower

marshall

minimize

misjudge

raid

reduce

serialize

Translations

desinflar

sgonfiare

dégonfler

ξεφουσκώνω

desinflar

sgonfiarsi

deflazionare

ελαττώνω την αξία

Luft ablassen

υποτιμώ

deflacionar

desinflar

sérialiser

deflationieren

entleeren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/diːˈfleɪt/

Etymology

From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).