pall

Definitions of pall in various dictionaries:

noun - a sudden numbing dread

noun - burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

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

verb - become less interesting or attractive

verb - cause to lose courage

verb - cover with a pall

verb - cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

verb - cause to become flat

verb - lose sparkle or bouquet

verb - lose strength or effectiveness

verb - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet.

A coffin, especially one being carried to a grave or tomb.

A covering that darkens or obscures: a pall of smoke over the city.

A gloomy effect or atmosphere: “A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 1916” (W.

Ecclesiastical.

A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.

To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.

To have a dulling, wearisome, or boring effect.

To become cloyed or satiated.

To cloy; satiate.

To make vapid or wearisome.

adj - dull and uninteresting