palling 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of pallingnext
as in old

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palling

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verb

present participle of pall
as in decreasing
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 palling
  1. old
  2. arid
  3. diminishing
  4. tiresome
  5. weary
  6. falling
  7. tiring
  8. wearisome
Adjective
  • The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of old
Adjective
  • The name of the estate comes from an ancient myth about the monks who arrived in the arid Costers del Segre region in the 18th century to do penance.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Facing record-breaking heat and a dwindling water supply, Utah farmers are experimenting with innovative crops to sustain agriculture in the arid West.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of arid
Verb
  • Chief among them is the war in Ukraine, where Moscow is intent on diminishing popular support among Americans for Ukrainian independence.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Simultaneously, her greener-than-green sous chef Lucia (Barbie Ferreira) — another hire by Andreas — flirts up a storm with their financer and starts testing her new boss’s rapidly diminishing patience.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of diminishing
Adjective
  • Even for the hottest among us, snapping a fantastic selfie can be tough and tiresome.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Oct. 2024
  • None of them are written with any specificity, though the actors manage to land the lines and elicit a few chuckles here and there — except for a tiresome twosome who try to speak with a Brooklyn accent for the entirety of the movie.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of tiresome
Adjective
  • Thankfully, the Theragun Mini comes to the rescue of weary travelers, offering percussion massage that revs muscles back up to fighting shape.
    Matthew Medendorp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Without outside support, pro-democracy activists inside the country faced increasing repression and were unable to convince the weary public that democracy was worth fighting for.
    Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of weary
Verb
  • To counter falling snow levels, resorts are already turning to artificial snow machines, which further contribute to climate change through their expansive use of energy.
    BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Though prices for Rolex sports watches keep falling, the smaller Rolex Day-Date has shot up in value—a full 57 percent in Auguest, according to the watch market tracker Everywatch.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of falling
Adjective
  • This somewhat surprising 8,600 improvement may be consumers tiring of online commerce and wanting to get out to shop.
    Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 28 Nov. 2024
  • But fights about politics — or simply not knowing what to say — can sometimes make for a tiring experience.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of tiring
Adjective
  • But overall, the lack of differentiation can be wearisome.
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
  • But the escalating conversations, often accompanied by astonishment, concerning women's looks, youth and ageing reflect a wearisome pattern deeply ingrained in both the entertainment industry and society as a whole — a pattern of entrenched ageism.
    Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 14 May 2024
Definition of wearisome
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