Synonyms for deflating
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Her gas escaped to mix with air, and the air of her rent balloonette poured into her deflating gas-chambers.
The best filled paunches cannot resist them; deflating little by little, they make the heaviest light.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR DEFLATING
contraction
noundrawing in; shortening- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abridging
- abridgment
- compression
- condensation
- condensing
- confinement
- confining
- constriction
- curtailing
- curtailment
- cutting down
- decrease
- decreasing
- deflating
- deflation
- diminishing
- diminution
- drawing together
- dwindling
- elision
- evaporating
- evaporation
- lessening
- lopping
- narrowing
- omission
- omitting
- receding
- recession
- reducing
- reduction
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- shrivelling
- tensing
- tightening
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
contractions
noundrawing in; shortening- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abridging
- abridgment
- compression
- condensation
- condensing
- confinement
- confining
- constriction
- curtailing
- curtailment
- cutting down
- decrease
- decreasing
- deflating
- deflation
- diminishing
- diminution
- drawing together
- dwindling
- elision
- evaporating
- evaporation
- lessening
- lopping
- narrowing
- omission
- omitting
- receding
- recession
- reducing
- reduction
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- shrivelling
- tensing
- tightening
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.