noun
- A sudden numbing dread.
- synonyms: chill
- Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped.
- synonyms: shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes
- Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window.
verb
- Become less interesting or attractive.
- synonyms: dull
- Cause to lose courage.
- usage: "dashed by the refusal"
- synonyms: daunt, dash, scare off, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
- Cover with a pall.
- Cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing.
- usage: "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
- synonyms: cloy
- Cause to become flat.
- usage: "pall the beer"
- Lose sparkle or bouquet.
- usage: "wine and beer can pall"
- synonyms: die, become flat
- Lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to. )
- usage: "the course palled on her"
- Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.
- usage: "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
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