deflate

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=flate

OXFORD DICTIONARY

deflate, v.
1 a tr. let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, etc.). b intr. be emptied of air or gas.
2 a tr. cause to lose confidence or conceit. b intr. lose confidence.
3 Econ. a tr. subject (a currency or economy) to deflation. b intr. pursue a policy of deflation.
4 tr. reduce the importance of, depreciate.

Derivative

deflator n.

Etymology

DE- + INFLATE

THESAURUS

deflate

abridge, beat down, belie, blow sky-high, blow up, break, cave, cave in, cheapen, collapse, compress, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut prices, damp, dampen, decline, decrease, deduct, depreciate, depress, devaluate, diminish, disarm, disconfirm, discredit, disgrace, disprove, dive, downgrade, embarrass, enchain, explode, expose, fall, fall in, fall in price, fold, fold up, gag, give way, hamstring, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, humble, humiliate, implode, invalidate, jew down, knock out, lessen, let down, lower, manacle, mark down, mortify, muzzle, negate, negative, nose-dive, paralyze, pare, plummet, plunge, prostrate, prove the contrary, puncture, put out, put to shame, reduce, retrench, roll back, sag, scale down, shame, shave, shorten, show up, silence, simplify, slash, slump, step down, strangle, take from, throttle, trim, truss up, tune down, undercut

ROGET THESAURUS

deflate

Dissuasion

VB dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate, disincline, indispose, shake, stagger, dispirit, discourage, dishearten, deter, repress, hold back, keep back, render averse, repel, turn aside, wean from, act as a drag, throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench, deprecate, disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble, disabuse (correction).

Money

VB amount to, come to, mount up to, touch the pocket, draw, draw upon, indorse, issue, utter, discount, back, demonetize, remonetize, fiscalize, monetize, circulate, be in circulation, be out of circulation, mint (coins), coin, print (paper currency), inflate, deflate, debase, devalue, revalue, circulate, put in circulation, withdraw from circulation, exchange currencies, change money, charge interest, pay interest, lose interest.