let wind out sails (verb) deflate: humiliate
Sinonime: aloof, ardorless, austere, chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cold-shoulder, cool*, forbidding, formal, frosty, icy, impotent, indifferent, inhibited, lifeless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending, unfeeling, unloving, unresponsive
Antonime: boost,
build up, inflate