deflated

[US]/di'fleitid/

[UK]/dɪˈfletɪd/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. feeling defeated or discouraged
v. release the air from; cause to lose confidence or enthusiasm

he deflated one of the tyres.

The balloon deflated slowly.

He was deflated by the news.

Her rebuff thoroughly deflated him.

Losing the contest deflated my ego.

I was quite deflated by her lack of interest in my suggestions.

The ruling was not about whether he deflated the footballs or knew about it.

Source: CNN Selected Highlights September 2015 Collection

Her disposition is normally content, as opposed to inflated or deflated.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

" Once James had deflated his head a bit, " said Sirius.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Deflation is something we don't want to see.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

What's the interpretation? -- Terrible. I just failed. You feel deflated. Enervated.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

It's risen. It's deflated a little bit since I dropped it.

Source: Gourmet Base

As Italian fans and players celebrated, English dreams were left shattered and deflated.

Source: BBC Listening December 2016 Collection

He showed me this deflated rustic-looking basketball in the corner of his desk.

Source: NBA Star Speech Collection

The longer camels go without food, the more their humps will deflate and droop.

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

That would be something called deflation, when prices fall, sounds great, right?

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

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