Synonyms of deflating

deflating

verb

present participle of deflate

1

as in collapsing

to become smaller in size or volume due to loss of contents

We kept her birthday decorations up until the balloons started deflating.

Related Words

• collapsing
• dripping
• compressing
• leaking
• flattening
• shrinking
• condensing
• contracting
• constricting
• shriveling
• decreasing
• withering
• seeping
• drying up
• diminishing
• trickling
• withdrawing
• wilting
• oozing
• mummifying
• retreating
• dwindling
• lessening
• receding
• wizening
• abating

Dissimilar Words

• inflating
• puffing (up)
• swelling
• increasing
• expanding
• dilating
• ballooning
• growing
• blowing up
• accumulating
• distending
• bulking
• snowballing
• mushrooming

2

as in emptying

to make smaller in size or volume by removing the contents

Please deflate the air mattress and fold it up before you leave.

Related Words

• emptying
• draining
• pumping
• evacuating
• clearing
• cleaning
• tapping
• collapsing
• sucking
• flattening
• exhausting
• compressing
• puncturing
• flushing
• bleeding
• drafting
• voiding
• siphoning
• vacating
• milking
• drawing (off)
• purging
• depleting
• drilling
• splitting
• punching
• squeezing
• cutting
• vacuating
• piercing
• boring
• penetrating
• effusing
• decanting
• poking
• breaking
• shrinking
• holing
• perforating
• riddling
• pricking
• rupturing
• compacting
• gouging
• broaching
• slashing
• excavating
• prickling
• hollowing
• condensing
• contracting
• rending
• constricting
• grooving
• slitting
• telescoping
• narrowing (down)
• burrowing (into)
• notching
• gashing
• constringing
• capsulizing
• capsuling

Dissimilar Words

• filling
• swelling
• inflating
• dilating
• sealing
• blowing up
• plugging
• patching
• distending

3

as in declining

to make or become lower in amount or value

The excess supply deflated prices.

The company's stock has deflated.

Related Words

• declining
• reducing
• plunging
• decreasing
• falling
• dipping
• dropping
• tumbling
• plummeting
• retreating
• lowering
• sinking
• depressing
• crashing
• skidding
• descending
• devaluing
• cratering
• diving
• diminishing
• attenuating
• devaluating
• depreciating
• cheapening
• subsiding
• downgrading
• drooping
• nose-diving
• lessening
• dying (down)
• dwindling
• ebbing
• moderating
• writing down
• waning
• writing off
• marking down
• tapering off
• receding
• breaking
• abating
• debasing
• de-escalating
• letting up
• undervaluing
• underestimating
• underrating
• demonetizing
• underpricing

Dissimilar Words

• increasing
• growing
• swelling
• expanding
• building
• accumulating
• escalating
• enlarging
• intensifying
• rising
• burgeoning
• mounting
• ascending
• lifting
• arising
• picking up
• soaring
• ballooning
• snowballing
• mushrooming
• waxing
• enhancing
• spiking
• upgrading
• appreciating
• upping
• marking up

4

as in undermining

to cause to lose force or effectiveness

Her cutting remark deflated his ego.

The lawsuit deflated their hopes for a quick resolution.

Related Words

• undermining
• weakening
• weighing
• debilitating
• disheartening
• frustrating
• discouraging
• deadening
• intimidating
• daunting
• damping
• depressing
• enfeebling
• demoralizing
• unnerving
• dampening
• dispiriting
• scaring
• chilling
• frightening
• throwing cold water on
• distressing
• browbeating
• dismaying
• bullying
• afflicting
• troubling
• trying
• saddening
• cowing
• worrying
• horrifying
• unmanning
• vexing
• bothering
• irking

Dissimilar Words

• reinforcing
• enforcing
• strengthening
• encouraging
• fortifying
• invigorating
• cheering
• enlivening
• exciting
• animating
• lifting
• stimulating
• reassuring
• assuring
• emboldening
• energizing
• provoking
• stirring
• nerving
• boosting
• inspiring
• galvanizing
• heartening
• rallying
• steeling
• quickening
• gladdening
• buoying (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deflating

The Spurs still held a 90-75 lead leading into the fourth quarter, but the Knicks kept deflating that cushion. —Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

Oil prices spiked in the wake of the exchanges, with Brent crude rising 5% to hit $98 a barrel, before deflating once more. —Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

No question, the end of the season was deflating and demoralizing. —Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 5 June 2026

Whipping up a batch seems like a simple enough endeavor, yet a handful of common missteps can quickly turn the ideal home breakfast into a deflating letdown. —Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026

For three deflating decades, IKEA’s dream of inflatable furniture fell flat. —Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 14 May 2026

The deflating defeat, narrated by an intermittent cascade of boos, rendered their record the worst in baseball at 7-16 and suddenly a half-game lousier than the idle New York Mets. —Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026

SpaceX’s sudden burst of AI investments also means the company is vulnerable to any deflating AI bubble. —Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 May 2026

Entering May, the Giants are 13-18 and sit in last place in the NL West after being swept by the Philadelphia Phillies, a deflating three games in the City of Brotherly Love that snapped their three-series winning streak. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 May 2026