Synonyms of pall

Noun


1. chill, pall, apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread

usage: a sudden numbing dread

2. pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes, burial garment

usage: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

3. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall, blind, screen, furnishing

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

Verb


1. pall, dull, change

usage: become less interesting or attractive

2. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare, intimidate, restrain

usage: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

3. pall, cover

usage: cover with a pall

4. cloy, pall, satiate, sate, replete, fill

usage: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"

5. pall, change, alter, modify

usage: cause to become flat; "pall the beer"

6. die, pall, become flat, change

usage: lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"

7. pall, weaken

usage: lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"

8. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade, devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate

usage: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"

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Definition and meaning of pall (Dictionary)