pall meaning and definition

PALL noun

Definition of pall (noun)

1. a sudden numbing dread
   • synonyms: chill
2. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
   • synonyms: cerement, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet
3. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
   • synonyms: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle

PALL verb

Definition of pall (verb)

1. become less interesting or attractive
   • synonyms: dull
2. cause to lose courage
   • "dashed by the refusal"
   • synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off
3. cover with a pall
4. cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
   • "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
   • synonyms: cloy
5. cause to become flat
   • "pall the beer"
6. lose sparkle or bouquet
   • "wine and beer can pall"
   • synonyms: become flat, die
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"
   • synonyms: fatigue, jade, tire, weary