PALLED Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

palled

verb

past tense of pall

as in subsided

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually viewers' interest in the reality show eventually palled

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By Sunday afternoon, the drenching rains had largely subsided in the Sedona area.

— Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
The fright of theme drought had subsided for now, but as with any horror villain, there’s always the danger of a sequel.

— Sam Corbin, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsided

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In Iowa, for example, MercyOne Clinton Medical Center ended labor and delivery services earlier this year, citing decreased Medicaid funding as part of the reason.

— Rachel Cohen Booth, Vox, 30 Oct. 2026
Their systolic and diastolic blood pressure (which measures pressure when the heart relaxes) both decreased.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of decreased

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As with many early American utopian communities, their ranks diminished after the Civil War, but a small band of Shakers has persisted at Sabbathday.

— Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Somewhat diminished in the film’s erratic attempts to contextualize this ever-metastasizing sickness is Odeh himself.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

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Collins faces Democrat Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate leader who stepped in to the race after scandals felled nominee Graham Platner in July.

— Justin Papp,Caleigh Keating,Garrett Downs,Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of fell

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The Democrats' sweep of the midterm elections sparked a huge move in solar stocks on Wednesday, but by Thursday many of the gains had vanished as the markets soured on the artificial intelligence trade.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
It’s been nearly a year and a half since 15-year-old Kylie Arellano vanished from Garden City, Utah.

— Veronica Fulton-Mazaika, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026

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