pall

1. 1.

   become less interesting or attractive

   Synonymsdull

   Broaderchange
2. 2.

   cause to lose courage

   “dashed by the refusal”

   Synonymsdauntdashscare offfrighten offscare awayfrighten awayscare

   Broaderintimidate
3. 3.

   cover with a pall

   Broadercover
4. 4.

   cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

   “Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite”

   Synonymscloy

   Broadersatiate
5. 5.

   cause to become flat

   “pall the beer”

   Broaderchange
6. 6.

   lose sparkle or bouquet

   “wine and beer can pall”

   Synonymsdiebecome flat

   Broaderchange
7. 7.

   lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)

   “the course palled on her”

   Broaderweaken
8. 8.

   lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

   “I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food”

   Synonymstirewearyfatiguejade

   Broaderdevolve

   Narrowerpoop outretire

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 curtainfestoonfrontalportiereshower curtaintheater curtain

   Partseyelet

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.