Synonyms: pall, mantle, curtain, drape, drapery
Definition: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
Definition: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
Usage: they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
Similar words: furnishing
Definition: (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
Synonyms: pall, cerement, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet
Definition: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
Similar words: burial garment
Definition: cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial
Definition: a sudden numbing dread
Similar words: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
Definition: fearful expectation or anticipation
Usage: the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
Synonyms: pall, tire, fatigue, jade, weary
Definition: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
Usage: I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
Similar words: deteriorate, devolve, degenerate, drop
Definition: grow worse
Usage: Her condition deteriorated; Conditions in the slums degenerated; The discussion devolved into a shouting match
Synonyms: pall
Definition: lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
Usage: the course palled on her
Similar words: weaken
Definition: become weaker
Usage: The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
Definition: become less interesting or attractive
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: pall, become flat, die
Definition: lose sparkle or bouquet
Usage: wine and beer can pall
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: pall
Definition: cause to become flat
Usage: pall the beer
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
Usage: Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite
Synonyms: pall
Definition: cover with a pall
Similar words: cover
Definition: provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Usage: cover her face with a handkerchief; cover the child with a blanket; cover the grave with flowers
Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off, pall
Definition: cause to lose courage
Usage: dashed by the refusal
Similar words: restrain, intimidate
Definition: to compel or deter by or as if by threats