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pall

[pawl] / pɔl /
NOUN
cloud, gloom
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cloak shroud veil
STRONG
cloth covering damp damper dismay mantle melancholy shadow
Antonyms
STRONG
happiness
WEAK
brightness excitement
VERB
bore, tire
Synonyms
STRONG
cloy disgust fill glut gorge jade sate satiate sicken surfeit weary
WEAK
become dull become tedious
Antonyms
STRONG
abstain deplete deprive diet dissatisfy fast
WEAK
brighten excite make happy

Example Sentences

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Pope Leo XIV is set to mark Easter Sunday for the first time as pontiff, with the Middle East war casting a pall over the most important date in the Christian calendar.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The merger with Paramount, which the companies aim to close by the end of September, has cast a pall over Warner Bros., making its box-office success this year bittersweet.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

“Rising energy prices are already casting a pall over economic growth prospects and the ability of central banks to keep inflation in check,” Bloomberg News reports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

But a dark pall seemed to hang over this space.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

I was one of his pall bearers, yet I could not, would not believe something which I knew could not but be so.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner