 pall |
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| 1. | [ verb ] become less interesting or attractive | |
| Synonyms: | dull | |
| Related terms: | change bore | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (clothing) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | |
| Synonyms: | winding-clothes cerement winding-sheet shroud | |
| Related terms: | burial_garment shroud | |
| 3. | [ verb ] get tired of something or somebody | |
| Synonyms: | tire jade fatigue weary | |
| Related terms: | deteriorate poop_out retire hack | |
| 4. | [ verb ] lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) | |
| Examples: | "the course palled on her" |
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| Related terms: | weaken | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a sudden numbing dread | |
| Synonyms: | chill | |
| Related terms: | apprehension daunt | |
| 6. | [ verb ] lose sparkle or bouquet, as of wine or beer | |
| Synonyms: | become_flat die | |
| Examples: | "pall" is an obsolete word |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 7. | [ verb ] cause to become flat, of beer or wine | |
| Related terms: | change die | |
| 8. | [ verb ] cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing | |
| Synonyms: | cloy | |
| Examples: | : "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" |
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| Related terms: | satiate | |
| 9. | [ verb ] cover with a pall | |
| Related terms: | cover curtain | |
| 10. | [ verb ] cause to lose courage | |
| Synonyms: | scare_off scare daunt frighten_away scare_away frighten_off dash | |
| Examples: | "dashed by the refusal" |
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| Related terms: | intimidate panic | |
| 11. | [ noun ] hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | |
| Synonyms: | curtain drapery drape mantle | |
| Related terms: | furnishings blind shower_curtain lambrequin portiere frontal festoon theater_curtain drop_curtain | |
| Similar spelling: |
pally pal pail pawl Paul Pahl Palo pali pale Paola Pauly Paulo Paull pauli Paula Paoli Paley palau Paille payola Pawley Pauley paella |
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