pall (
http://definr.com/pall)
n 1: a sudden numbing dread [syn:
chill]
2: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn:
shroud,
cerement,
winding-sheet,
winding-clothes]
3: hanging cloth used as a blind [syn:
curtain,
drape,
drapery,
mantle]
v 1: become less interesting or attractive [syn:
dull]
2: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn:
daunt,
dash,
scare off,
frighten off,
scare away, {frighten
away},
scare]
3: cover with a pall
4: cause surfeit through excess, of something that was
initially pleasing: "Too much spicy food cloyed his
appetite" [syn:
cloy]
5: cause to become flat, of beer or wine
6: lose sparkle or bouquet, as of wine or beer; "pall" is an
obsolete word [syn:
die,
become flat]
7: lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring,
insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
8: get tired of something or somebody [syn:
tire,
weary,
fatigue,
jade]