pall
n 1: a sudden numbing dread [syn: {chill}]
2: something 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}]