PALLS Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

palls 1 of 2

noun

plural of pall

as in coffins

a boxlike container for holding a dead body bearing her husband's pall were her four brothers and two nephews

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as in clouds

an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom a persistent pall of distrust has overtaken this administration and will remain until the president resigns

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as in veils

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth a pall of gloom overshadowed the failing theater's last production

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palls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pall

as in subsides

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

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Noun

Draped in Palestinian flags, the coffins were carried through streets filled with nationalist songs and chants.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
On Tuesday, the bodies lay in white coffins at a church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, before their burial.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of coffins

Noun

Video captured of the Ross Fire shows clouds of gray smoke billowing into the sky from the flames.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
On occasion, wildfire plumes can generate their own weather, making smoke-laden pyrocumulonimbus clouds, which can inject large amounts of particles into the stratosphere.

— Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of clouds

Noun

Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits.

— Adora Namigadde, NPR, 23 July 2026
With diagnostic precision, shifting baseline syndrome puts a name on something that most of us have experienced—the ways in which the fog of forgetting veils experience.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of veils

Verb

When the storm subsides, the Pogues use Kiara’s coordinates and Pope’s calculations to return to the water and search for the gold.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
The brutal nausea and vomiting of norovirus, for instance, subsides in one to three days; even the relentless diarrhea of cyclosporiasis can let up in a couple of days with an antibiotic.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of subsides

Noun

Iranian state media showed throngs of people gathered at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a large prayer complex in Tehran, visiting the family's caskets.

— Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
The caskets of his dead family members sat beneath Khamenei's, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026

Definition of caskets

Verb

Splitting the shot up decreases vaccination rates and leaves children unprotected over a longer period, experts say.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
When employees actively participate in shaping the policies that govern their day-to-day experience, engagement rises and turnover decreases.

— Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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