Unscramble pall

Definition of pall

noun:

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

verb:

• become less interesting or attractive. Synonyms: dull.
• cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal". Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off.
• cover with a pall.
• cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite". Synonyms: cloy.
• cause to become flat; "pall the beer".
• lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall". Synonyms: become flat, die.
• lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her".
• 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.

Related words

drop, festoon, frontal, portiere, retire, withdraw.

Words nearby

all, ball, call, fall, gall, hall, mall, pail, pal, pale, pali, pally, palm, paul, pawl, pill, poll, pull, spall, tall, wall.

Rhymes with

banal, cabal, caul, chagall, dahl, dol, doll, fall, loll, moll, molle, natal, reinstall, sol, transvaal, wiesenthal, wiesenthal.