deflate, flatten, decrease in volume or value
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Usually accompanied by the non manual marker, "pow" mouth expression. The antonym to: verb: to inflate, puff up, or fill with air; to increase in volume or value Similar and related to: noun, adjective: an inflated sense of self esteem; high self esteem; to be puffed up; to feel good about one's self Illustrates the imagery of being puffed up. noun, adjective: a deflated sense of self esteem; low self esteem; to feel bad about one's self; to feel deflated. Illustrates the imagery of being deflated modified noun: flat tire. Literally, CL1: wheel + deflate. You can use the CL1: wheel if you need to describe what is flat, but generally, I fingerspell t-i-r-e, instead of using the classifier. |