pall

1. 1.

   a sudden numbing dread

   Synonymschill

   Broaderapprehension
2. 2.

   burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

   Synonymsshroudcerementwinding-sheetwinding-clothes

   Broaderburial garment
3. 3.

   hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

   Synonymscurtaindrapedraperymantle

   Broaderblindfurnishing

   Narrowerdrop curtainfestoonfrontalportiere

Other forms of pall

plural

palls·

past tense

palled·

present participle

palling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pall

What does pall mean?

pall means "become less interesting or attractive". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pall?

pall has 1 syllable: pall. In IPA it is /ˈpɑl/.

What is another word for pall?

Close synonyms include dull, daunt, dash, scare off, frighten off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pall a common word?

pall is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.