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Deflating Meaning in English

word · lemma: deflate

التعريف

Lowering air or gas from something (like a balloon), or making someone feel disappointed or less confident.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Deflating' works both literally (removing air from objects) and figuratively (feeling disappointed or humbled). Commonly used with 'experience' (a deflating loss), especially in emotional or discouraging situations. Formal and informal contexts.

جمل نموذجية

Getting that criticism was pretty deflating.

natural

The balloon is deflating slowly.

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It was deflating to lose the game.

basic

Watching your team lose after such a good start is so deflating.

natural

After all that effort, getting rejected felt really deflating.

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The tire is deflating after hitting a nail.

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