deflated
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having lost confidence, optimism, or enthusiasm; feeling dispirited or let down. This describes a state of low spirits, often following disappointment, failure, or a loss of hope.
- Reduced in size, volume, or pressure by having air or gas removed. This is the literal, physical sense, most commonly applied to objects like tires or balloons.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Emotional State):
- After losing the championship game, the team felt utterly deflated.
- Her deflated expression showed how much the criticism had hurt her.
- Adjective (Physical State):
- We couldn't ride the bikes because the tires were deflated.
- A deflated balloon lay on the floor after the party.
Advanced Usage
- "to feel deflated": to experience a strong sense of disappointment and loss of energy or enthusiasm.
- He felt deflated after his proposal was rejected by the committee.
- "to leave someone deflated": to cause someone to lose their spirit or confidence.
- The harsh review of her performance left her completely deflated.
Variants and Related Words
- Deflate (verb): To let air or gas out of something; or to make someone feel less important or confident.
- verb (physical): He had to deflate the air mattress before packing it.
- verb (emotional): One negative comment shouldn't deflate your excitement.
- Deflation (noun): The action or process of deflating; in economics, a general decline in prices.
- The deflation of the raft took several minutes.
- The country's economy entered a period of deflation.
Synonyms
- Dispirited: Having lost enthusiasm and hope; dejected.
- Crestfallen: Sad and disappointed.
- Dismayed: Struck with sudden disappointment or distress.
- Flat: Lacking interest or emotion; dull. (e.g., )
Related Phrasal Verbs
- (To) deflate someone's ego: To make someone less arrogant or self-important.
- Failing the simple test really deflated his ego.
- (To) deflate the tension: To reduce the intensity of a stressful or anxious situation.
- Her joke helped to deflate the tension in the room.
Related Idioms
- Like a deflated balloon: Used to describe someone who has suddenly lost all their energy, excitement, or confidence.
- After hearing the bad news, he sat there like a deflated balloon.
Adjective
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brought low in spirit
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left us fatigued and deflated spiritually
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