Synonyms of palls

palls 1 of 2

noun

plural of pall

1

as in coffins

a boxlike container for holding a dead body

bearing her husband's pall were her four brothers and two nephews

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coffins
• caskets
• tombs
• boxes
• sarcophagi
• biers
• urns
• vaults
• sepulchres
• crypts
• charnels
• body bags
• sepultures

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clouds
• shadows
• fogs
• hazes
• veils
• shrouds
• umbras
• mists
• mantles
• murks
• nights
• penumbrae
• midnights

3

as in veils

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

a pall of gloom overshadowed the failing theater's last production

Synonyms & Similar Words

• veils
• shrouds
• cloaks
• blankets
• robes
• curtains
• masks
• mantles
• hoods
• copes
• coverings
• wraps
• covers
• shields
• penumbrae
• screens
• covertures
• cover-ups
• blinds
• faces
• Trojan horses
• disguises
• varnishes
• facades
• glosses
• fig leafs
• Potemkin villages
• camouflages
• concealers
• veneers

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subsides
• decreases
• diminishes
• vanishes
• falls
• eases
• shrinks
• declines
• tapers
• ebbs
• recedes
• wanes
• dwindles
• tapers off
• dies (away or down or out)
• evaporates
• lessens
• drops (off)
• moderates
• abates
• drains (away)
• remits
• relents
• falls away
• lowers
• weakens
• phases down
• rachets (down)
• ratchets (down)
• lets up
• collapses
• de-escalates
• condenses
• compresses
• slackens
• tails (off)
• relaxes
• constricts
• contracts
• slows (down)
• fades (away)
• melts (away)
• alleviates
• peters (out)
• sinks
• flags
• gives out
• fritters (away)
• deflates
• caves (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• grows
• increases
• builds
• mushrooms
• swells
• intensifies
• accumulates
• mounts
• expands
• enlarges
• soars
• appears
• emerges
• escalates
• waxes
• picks up
• burgeons
• snowballs
• balloons
• shows up
• lengthens
• elongates
• distends
• blows up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of palls

Noun

Two people were killed and 23 were wounded in Kyiv, and palls of black smoke floated above the city following the latest in what have been daily Russian attacks that torment Ukrainian civilians. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026