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Pall Very Common

Pall has 17 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a sudden numbing dread

2

burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

3

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

4

Senses relating to cloth.

5

Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes.

6

A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.

Verb
1

become less interesting or attractive

2

cause to lose courage

"dashed by the refusal"

3

cover with a pall

4

cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

"Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"

5

cause to become flat

"pall the beer"

6

lose sparkle or bouquet

"wine and beer can pall"

7

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

"the course palled on her"

8

lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

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

9

To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

10

To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

Example Sentences
"dashed by the refusal" verb
"Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" verb
"pall the beer" verb
"wine and beer can pall" verb
"the course palled on her" verb
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" verb
See Also
pallium cloak chalice palls hearsecloth insipid pallbearer tarpaulin
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
apprehension burial garment blind furnishing change intimidate cover satiate weaken devolve
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
drop curtain festoon frontal portiere shower curtain theater curtain poop out retire
Rhyming Words
all nall gall hall sall dall wall call ball yall tall fall rall phall udall spall gwall y all reall atall
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