"palls" in the noun sense

1. chill, pall

a sudden numbing dread

2. pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes

burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

3. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall

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

"palls" in the verb sense

1. pall, dull

become less interesting or attractive

2. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare

cause to lose courage

"dashed by the refusal"

3. pall

cover with a pall

4. cloy, pall

cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

"Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"

5. pall

cause to become flat

"pall the beer"

6. die, pall, become flat

lose sparkle or bouquet

"wine and beer can pall"

7. pall

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

"the course palled on her"

8. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade

lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

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

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