Thesaurus / deflating
FEEDBACKsynonyms for deflating
synonyms for deflating
- decrease
- deflation
- recession
- reduction
- shrinkage
- abbreviation
- abridgment
- compression
- condensation
- condensing
- confinement
- constriction
- curtailment
- diminution
- dwindling
- elision
- evaporation
- lessening
- narrowing
- omission
- receding
- reducing
- shrinking
- tightening
- withdrawal
- abbreviating
- confining
- curtailing
- cutting down
- decreasing
- diminishing
- drawing together
- evaporating
- omitting
- tensing
- withdrawing
antonyms for deflating
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How to use deflating in a sentence
The best filled paunches cannot resist them; deflating little by little, they make the heaviest light.
THE LEGEND OF ULENSPIEGEL, VOL. II (OF 2)CHARLES DE COSTER"This piece of orange peel," he began, addressing our CO., and rapidly deflating the while.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 150, JUNE 14, 1916VARIOUSAnxiety seemed to be a physical thing deflating my breast and loins.
TELL ENGLANDERNEST RAYMONDHer gas escaped to mix with air, and the air of her rent balloonette poured into her deflating gas-chambers.
THE WAR IN THE AIRHERBERT GEORGE WELLSWORDS RELATED TO DEFLATING
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abridgment
- compression
- condensation
- condensing
- confinement
- confining
- constriction
- curtailing
- curtailment
- cutting down
- decrease
- decreasing
- deflating
- deflation
- diminishing
- diminution
- drawing together
- dwindling
- elision
- evaporating
- evaporation
- lessening
- narrowing
- omission
- omitting
- receding
- recession
- reducing
- reduction
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- tensing
- tightening
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.