Antonyms for deflated

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-fleyt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfleɪt

Definition of deflated

Origin : 1891, in reference to balloons, coinage based on inflate. Latin deflare meant "to blow away," but in the modern word the prefix is taken in the sense of "down." Related: Deflated; deflating.

adj reduced

Example sentences :

Johnson deflated his area of the room with his breath intake.
Extract from : « Measure for a Loner » by James Judson Harmon

Like a punctured ballon it deflated and became a shriveled, clinging thing.
Extract from : « The Copper-Clad World » by Harl Vincent

As has been said, Joe deflated his lungs just before he took his dive.
Extract from : « Joe Strong, the Boy Fish » by Vance Barnum

He deflated his chest, spread his heels, and ceased to draw in his abdomen.
Extract from : « Indiscretions of Archie » by P. G. Wodehouse

Which deflated that particular enterprise for the moment, anyway.
Extract from : « The Killer » by Stewart Edward White

She was sorry for him; it was worse for him to have this deflated love than for herself, who could never be properly mated.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

On reaching the end of a journey, the skins are deflated and sent back up the river to be used again.
Extract from : « A Kut Prisoner » by H. C. W. Bishop

The skins on which we had floated so far were deflated and the kalekjis would return with them to Diarbekr by land on donkey back.
Extract from : « By Desert Ways to Baghdad » by Louisa Jebb

The poles and oars will go as firewood; and the skins, deflated, will return to the country we have left.
Extract from : « By Desert Ways to Baghdad » by Louisa Jebb

It was a hackney carriage of the lowest grade, with dinted metal panels and deflated cushions.
Extract from : « The World Set Free » by Herbert George Wells

Synonyms for deflated

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