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
  • South Korea’s oldest conglomerate, the 128-year-old Doosan Group, listed its collaborative robots unit Doosan Robotics last year.
    John Kang, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Perhaps the most striking comes from the Baltimore Experience Corps trial, a large experiment in which adults age 60 and older were randomly assigned to either volunteer at elementary schools or be put on a waiting list.
    Maria Godoy, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of old
Adjective
  • The Supreme Court’s decision has drawn criticism from scientists and environmental advocates, who say the gutting of safeguards will jeopardize water quality throughout the arid West.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Today, 5,000-head dairies are common, especially in the arid West.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of arid
Verb
  • The area bounded by Vincennes, Terre Haute, Muncie and Kokomo saw a general eight to 12 inches with snowfall amounts diminishing to just a few inches northwest towards Lafayette.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, as detection systems improve using things like quantum sensors, AI, and multi-domain networks, the effectiveness of such stealth measures is diminishing.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of diminishing
Adjective
  • However, come the third or fourth snowstorm of the season, shoveling by hand gets tiresome.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The tiresome snobbery of the vinyl mafia might have convinced you that the compact disc, first introduced in Japan in October 1982 and the rest of the world in March 1983, was dead and buried.
    Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of tiresome
Adjective
  • In 2006, the company reportedly sold a hundred thousand cases, but demand ran dry and Waterkeepers grew weary.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • At the center of the story are Phil (Timothy Spall) and Penny (Lesley Manville), a weary, unmarried couple burdened by their lack of love for each other and their crumbling household.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of weary
Verb
  • To qualify for relief, a reporting company must have a BOI reporting deadline falling within the period beginning one day before the date the specified disaster began - as indicated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – and ending 90 days after that date.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This morning, heavy rain is falling across San Francisco up to Sacramento – rainfall rates of 1 inch per hour are possible.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of falling
Adjective
  • As for food, those tiring of tagine may be glad of the West African restaurants tucked away within the medina.
    Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • That eliminates long, tiring road transfers, and allows more time in the bush.
    Holden Frith, The Week UK, theweek, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of tiring
Adjective
  • Every supernatural series, from Midnight Mass to Yellowjackets, needs a character resistant to the show’s inner eeriness to deliver persistent conflict, and Eion Bailey and his great head of hair played amusement-park engineer Jim with the exact right amount of wearisome square-mindedness.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The slow, wearisome trudge towards Everton’s new dawn continues.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of wearisome
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