pall

Meanings

• a sudden numbing dread
• burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• become less interesting or attractive
• cause to lose courage
• cover with a pall
• cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
• cause to become flat
  • "pall the beer"
• 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"
• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

Synonyms

become flat, cerement, chill, cloy, curtain, dash, daunt, die, drape, drapery, dull, fatigue, frighten away, frighten off, jade, mantle, scare, scare away, scare off, shroud, tire, weary, winding-clothes, winding-sheet