[
US
/ˈpɑɫ, ˈpɔɫ/
]
[ UK /pˈɔːl/ ]
[ UK /pˈɔːl/ ]
VERB
-
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite - cover with a pall
-
lose sparkle or bouquet
wine and beer can pall -
lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
the course palled on her - become less interesting or attractive
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cause to lose courage
dashed by the refusal -
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food -
cause to become flat
pall the beer
NOUN
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- a sudden numbing dread
How To Use pall In A Sentence
- Second, at the same time, I'm somewhat surprised and mildly appalled that this story hasn't generated a lot of buzz in the blogosphere.
- Moreover, I realized -- experienced, even -- at long last, that "the Body of Christ" is a good deal more than a figure of speech; it is an appalling truth and mystery, uniting us beyond our knowing with one another, and uniting us with an ever greater mystery, the perichoresis ( "circling dance") of the Holy Trinity Who is our One God. Scott Cairns: Recovering the Body of Christ
- Unlike anything else in his catalog, Aura is a ten-part suite composed by Danish flugelhornist Palle Mikkelbourg as a tribute. Fulldls.com
- At lunch, Monsieur Caïn and his wife, who epitomize the nouveau bourgeoisie, continue to berate their daughter for what they see as appalling manners and lack of respect.
- Boschi, who trained with Passignano in the late 1580s, is known today principally to specialists, but he enjoyed a considerable degree of popularity in the early seicento.
- We looked limp and pallid and shambolic by comparison.
- Heavy equipment or materials such as pallets of payers can squash a tree's shallow surface roots.
- The following day, North accused his bosses of appalling, dishonest and unethical behaviour.
- It is an uncomfortable feeling to find in her sickness the conventions of beauty - boniness and pallor.
- Although she enjoys the aesthetic value of wild flowers, her reason for encouraging their widespread growth is principally scientific.