Synonyms for pall

Most common

scare · scare off · scare away · daunt · cloy · die · tarnish

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

2. v. 2

   To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.

3. n. 1

   Senses relating to cloth. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.

4. n. 2

   Senses relating to cloth. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist.

Related words

Word family

pallholder palliate

Phrases

pall reversed inverted pall pall inverted reversed pall

Forms

Plural

palls → mantles, cloaks, curtains, drapes…

Past participle

palled
e.g. palled → scared, dashed, daunted, wearied…

Example sentences

• scare Don't worry, we're just going to give him a scare.
• daunt The prospect was almost enough to daunt her.
• die Better to die standing than to live on your knees.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

die¹

4 letters

fill¹, dash¹, tire², dull¹, jade¹, tyre¹, glut¹, sate¹, cloy¹

5 letters

chill¹, scare¹, blunt¹, weary², cloak¹, gorge¹, drape¹, daunt¹

6 letters

mantle², shroud¹, sicken², pairle

7 letters

fatigue², curtain², tarnish², drapery³, surfeit², satiate

8 letters

cerement

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tire² = 2 syllables).