to pall

Examples

• All

• Over time, the endless repetition of the same jokes began to pall on the audience.

• After a while, the recitation of serial affairs began to pall.

  Blog text (17)

• Someday, the city would pall; all the places she had lived in had eventually bored her.

  Fiction book (1999)

• This morning, the novelty had palled.

  Fiction book (1991)

• When you've shot everything, it palls, doesn't it?

  Black Narcissus (1947)

• This glee you derive from treating me like a five-year-old does pall after a while!

  Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964)

• "Then what?" Underfoot purses his big lips as if to whistle, his habit when a conversation palls.

  Fiction book (1998)

• But despite the big paycheck, the thrill of dealing with stolen Volvos and teenagers walking out of the Gap wearing three pairs of jeans palled after a few weeks.

  Fiction book (1996)

• And just as the celebration started to pall, with everybody facing the stark realization that they didn't even have the beginnings of an idea what we were expected to do next, Jukebox sang out a ten-second medley of the Jags'

  Fiction book (1998)

• As much as he enjoyed the game initially, it started to pall after several hours of continuous play.

Synonyms

T

to tire

vsto pall

896 1.3

To stop feeling interested in something

covers loss of overall enjoyment and appeal beyond simple boredom

E

to erode

vsto pall

75 4.2

Gradually make someone's trust, belief, or support weaker over time

is about losing immediate appeal or enjoyment rather than slow destruction

G

to get old

vsto pall

• Informal

66 5.8

To become boring or annoying after you hear it many times

focuses on loss of appeal or enjoyment, not only annoyance

D

to dull

vsto pall

33 3.4

Cause something to become less sharp, strong or bright

focuses on losing appeal or enjoyment rather than sensory dulling alone

D

to deaden

vsto pall

6 5.5

To make a feeling, sound, or pain less strong

refers specifically to fading appeal or enjoyment rather than general weakening

W

to weary

vsto pall

4 4.6

To begin to feel bored with something after doing it many times

is about reduced appeal or enjoyment, not only repeated exposure effects

C

to cloy

vsto pall

1 9.7

To make someone feel sick or tired by too much sweetness and praise

means losing general appeal without causing a sick or cloying feeling

D

to die

vsto pall

• Specialized

1 9.6

To lose its bubbles and taste flat

uses the same idea of loss but applies generally to appeal and enjoyment

S

to stale

vsto pall

1 3.2

To become no longer fresh or interesting

refers specifically to losing interest or enjoyment rather than mere age

J

to jade

vsto pall

1 8.1

To make someone tired or bored by doing something too often

is broader, describing a general fading of appeal rather than only overuse

F

to fatigue

vsto pall

1 6.0

To get bored and lose interest in something

emphasizes becoming less enjoyable rather than physical or mental tiredness

B

to become flat

vsto pall

1 5.4

Lose their bubbles and taste less fresh

describes fading enjoyment broadly, not just loss of effervescence

T

to take the gilt off the gingerbread

vsto pall

• Archaic

1 9.9

Make something seem less special or exciting than before

expresses a general loss of enjoyment rather than just reduced glamour

Antonyms

R

to refresh

43 2.8

Make someone or something feel full of energy and less tired

E

to excite

16 2.7

To make something more active, alert or interested

Idioms

C

to cast a pall

4 8.2

Make a meeting or event feel gloomy and sad

Compounds

P

Pall Mall

1 8.1

A street in central London with old private clubs and elegant buildings

P

pall of smoke

1 7.3

A thick cloud of smoke that makes it hard to see

P

pall-mall

• Archaic

1 9.9

An old lawn game where people hit a wooden ball with a mallet along an alley

How Appealing

to fascinate

51 3.4

to interest

189 1.0

to pall

2 7.2

to bore

64 1.4

to repel

4 5.1

Surface Forms

Etymology