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

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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

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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

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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palls
  1. coffins
  2. clouds
  3. veils
  4. subsides
  5. caskets
  6. shrouds
  7. decreases
  8. tombs
Noun
  • Last month, a mural in Tehran’s Palestine Square depicted members of the First Family above coffins draped in American flags.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Draped in Palestinian flags, the coffins were carried through streets filled with nationalist songs and chants.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of coffins
Noun
  • Seeing an astronaut like Adenot clinging to the space station with the clouds and blue oceans of Earth below puts things into perspective.
    — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The region is getting an unusually hot start to September due to a strong area of high pressure that has built over the region, helping suppress clouds and rain and allowing temperatures to climb.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 1 Sep. 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
  • Still, the entire curve has shifted lower as volatility generally subsides.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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
Noun
  • The secrecy mandate in state law shrouds more than just the financial details of a project.
    — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Like the men, the women all wore overalls, shapeless shrouds of dark denim.
    — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of shrouds
Verb
  • Fertility in women decreases gradually but significantly at age 32 and rapidly after 37, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • While passengers often remain seated for hours at a time, crew spend the majority of the flight on their feet, which decreases their chances of stiffness.
    — Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of decreases
Noun
  • In July 2025, utility workers excavating trenches to expand an underground gas network in Peru's capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs that were over 1,000 years old.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There has been prior research on the reuse of tombs in Thebes.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of tombs
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“Palls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palls. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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