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pall

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verb (1)

ˈpȯl How to pronounce pall (audio)
palled; palling; palls

intransitive verb

1
: to lose strength or effectiveness
2
: to lose in interest or attraction
his humor began to pall on us
He found that his retirement hobbies began to pall after a couple of years.
3
: dwindle
our enthusiasm soon palled

transitive verb

1
: to cause to become insipid
reason and reflection … pall all his enjoyments Francis Atterbury
2
: to deprive of pleasure in something by satiating
The choicest delicacies pall the stomach in time.

pall

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noun

1
: pallium sense 1a
2
a
: a square of linen usually stiffened with cardboard that is used to cover the chalice
b(1)
: a heavy cloth draped over a coffin
(2)
: a coffin especially when holding a body
3
a
: something that covers or conceals
especially : an overspreading element that produces an effect of gloom
a pall of thick black smoke
a pall of suspicion
b
: a feeling of gloom
his absence cast a pall over the celebration

pall

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verb (2)

palled; palling; palls

transitive verb

: to cover with a pall : drape

Synonyms

Verb (1)

Noun

Choose the Right Synonym for pall

satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion.

satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

Example Sentences

Noun bearing her husband's pall were her four brothers and two nephews a persistent pall of distrust has overtaken this administration and will remain until the president resigns
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
But after a time, the combination of abrasive, impenetrably shellacked characters and deliberately, hopelessly tangled shaggy-dog storytelling begins to pall, and viewers may wish for a simpler way in. Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Aug. 2022 The piling-one-emergency-atop-another structure — always a tricky thing to sustain — does begin to pall in the later going as inspiration tapers off a bit. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2022 For some, this too muchness, married to Wilder’s bookish mischief, will pall. New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022 If there was no Venice, does that mean that the overall attraction of an Adriatic cruise would pall? Julia Buckley, CNN, 8 May 2021 Reduced to highlights and stripped of distinction, Percy’s adventures with Furies, oracles, Medusa, Ares and Hades quickly pall. Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2019 After a while, though, Inuk Mathaussen found even that started to pall. New York Times, 16 Sep. 2019 Grant’s drinking is handled so repetitively that the subject begins to pall. Janet Maslin, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017 Jenny is lovably hateful, but eventually, even the pleasure of inwardly hissing at her begins to pall. Charles Isherwood, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2016
Noun
Some sampling drama has cast a bit of a pall over an otherwise momentous day for the Beyhive. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 29 July 2022 Rapidly falling property values historically have put a pall on commercial-property deal making as buyers have stepped to the sidelines and sellers have resisted cutting prices. Peter Grant And Rebecca Picciotto, WSJ, 26 July 2022 In its opening minutes, July’s ruminative voice-over warns the viewer of the Kraffts’ eventual deaths at the base of Japan’s Mount Unzen in 1991, casting a melancholic pall over the narrative to come. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 July 2022 Walky Joseph and Butch Genetti, a former officer and current Malden police commissioner who was a pall bearer at Frank Borseti’s funeral, removed some tape, unveiling Frank Borseti’s name on the wall of honor. Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 News about the environment rarely is good these days, but a string of grim developments locally, regionally and internationally cast a particular pall over the otherwise sunny arrival of summer. Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2022 Despite a pall cast over the grocery delivery market in recent weeks, Czech player Rohlik has sealed a €220 million Series D round. Jonathan Keane, Forbes, 17 June 2022 When the thick pall of a gunman’s smoke bombs cleared on the 36th Street subway platform on April 12, at least four of the people struck by bullets or injured in the ensuing panic were revealed to be children or teenagers. New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022 In the iconic pall mall scene, Eloise and Benedict join the competitive fun on the show. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 1 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English, short for appallen to become pale — more at appall

Noun

Middle English, cloak, mantle, from Old English pæll, from Latin pallium

First Known Use

Verb (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pall was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing pall

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