deflate
verb (WEAKEN) /dɪˈfleɪt/Definition
› [T often passive] to cause something to become weaker: The party's ambitions have been rather deflated by the two recent by-election defeats.Becoming and making less strong › [T often passive] to make someone lose confidence or feel less important: They were totally deflated by losing the match.Humiliating and degrading
(Definition of deflate verb (WEAKEN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abase verb
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- cut sb down to size idiom
- discredit noun
- discredit verb
- disgrace noun
- disgrace verb
- dishonour noun
- humiliated adjective
- humiliating adjective
- ignoble adjective
- ignominious adjective
- ignominy noun
- reflect on sb/sth phrasal verb
- ruin noun
- shameful adjective
- shoddy adjective (NOT RESPECTFUL)
- stoop to sth phrasal verb
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Humiliating and degrading
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