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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for pall

Noun

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

Verb

1. pall, dull, change
usage: become less interesting or attractive
2. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare, intimidate, restrain
usage: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
3. pall, cover
usage: cover with a pall
4. cloy, pall, satiate, sate, replete, fill
usage: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
5. pall, change, alter, modify
usage: cause to become flat; "pall the beer"
6. die, pall, become flat, change
usage: lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
7. pall, weaken
usage: lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
8. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade, devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
usage: get tired of something or somebody
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