The Clue
Bore (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PALL
Tags
Notes
The answer PALL is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cloy
___ Mall
Oppression
Satiate
Shroud
Surfeit
Weary
Become bored
Become tired
Become tiresome
Become wearisome
Cast a ___ over
Coffin cloth
Coffin cover
Dark cloud
Dark cover
Dark shadow
Feeling of gloom
Gloomy atmosphere
Gloomy shadow
Grow dull
Grow tiresome
Grow wearisome
Heavy sheet
Lose effectiveness
Lose strength
___ Mall, London
Ominous cloud
Smog cover
Veil of gloom
Funeral drape
Velvet drape
Velvet spread
Cloth over a chalice
It can be cast in a tragedy
___ Mall (London street)
Definition
PALL as a noun:
1. (chill, pall) = a sudden numbing dread
2. (pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes) = burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
3. (curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall) = hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
PALL as a verb:
1. (pall, dull) = become less interesting or attractive
2. (daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare) = cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
3. cover with a pall
4. (cloy, pall) = cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
5. cause to become flat; "pall the beer"
6. (die, pall, become flat) = lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
7. lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
8. (tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade) = get tired of something or somebody