BUOYING Antonyms

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

• expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

• destructive of morale and self-reliance

• destructive of morale and self-reliance

• a descent as through liquid (especially through water)

• a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)

• a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension

• collapse by releasing contained air or gas

• release contained air or gas from

• reduce or lessen the size or importance of

• produce deflation in

• reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices

• become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air