pall
noun
1. a sudden numbing dread
Similar word(s): chill
Definition categories: feeling, apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
2. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
Similar word(s): cerement, shroud
Definition categories: man–made
3. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
Similar word(s): curtain, drape, drapery, mantle
Definition categories: man–made, blind, screen, furnishing
Sentences with pall as a noun:
- A pall came over the crowd when the fourth goal was scored.
- The early election results cast a pall over what was supposed to be a celebration.
verb
1. become less interesting or attractive
Similar word(s): dull
Definition categories: change
2. cause to lose courage
Similar word(s): dash, daunt, scare
Definition categories: emotion, intimidate
3. cover with a pall
Definition categories: contact, cover
4. cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
Similar word(s): cloy
Definition categories: consumption, fill, replete, sate, satiate
5. cause to become flat
- pall the beer
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
6. lose sparkle or bouquet
- wine and beer can pall
Similar word(s): die
Definition categories: change
7. lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
- the course palled on her
Definition categories: change, weaken
8. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
Similar word(s): fatigue, jade, tire, weary
Definition categories: body, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop
Sentences with pall as a verb:
- The liquor palls.