PALLING Synonyms: 212 Similar and Opposite Words

palling 1 of 2

adjective

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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Adjective

The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele, was spotted by plainclothes federal agents who observed odd behavior and subsequently contacted the Lomita Sheriff Department deputies.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026
In honor of the upcoming movie, the All Roads Lead to Camp bus is touring across the country and bringing fans, new and old, into the world of Camp Rock, PEOPLE previously revealed exclusively.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of old

Verb

Rogers, Rea, and Parks-Shaw all have emphasized the need to be proactive in decreasing the number of lawsuits filed against the Police Department.

— Freddrell Green, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Activity at Guatemala's Fuego volcano that began Monday morning and caused widespread evacuations is gradually decreasing, authorities said Wednesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of decreasing

Adjective

In arid regions that support outdoor succulents, these plants create a nice ground cover.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
Earlier measures to combat desertification across its arid northern regions included sand-fixing methods like straw, plastic barriers, and pollen-heavy shrubs.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

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Plants and animals keenly sense the diminishing light, which acts as a master biological clock that triggers changes such as migration, shifting hormone levels and winter coat growth.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Without diminishing that aspect of music, Musical Bodies rightly situates as much meaning in the objects themselves.

— Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of diminishing

Adjective

In recent years, there has been an increasingly tiresome requirement that football jerseys be, in some way, related to the past.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 July 2026
There are genuine laughs sprinkled in but too many elements land with a thud — including an excessive amount of comedic gore that grows tiresome and a mailman/narrator gag that just isn’t funny.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of tiresome

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Key Background The crisis appeared to be subsiding somewhat Friday as Spanish authorities said a majority of the 60,000 people who crossed into Ceuta from Morocco over the past several days had returned home.

— Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
India, one of the world's most prolific IPO markets, was gearing up for issues worth $50 billion as tension in the Middle East were subsiding.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of subsiding

Adjective

Democrats are pressing for a House ethics probe and weighing new investments behind union ironworker Brian Poindexter, betting scandal-weary voters in Trump-friendly northeast Ohio may be ready for change.

— Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
The latest data suggests that the path to relief for inflation-weary Americans remains uncertain.

— Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Definition of weary

Verb

On Monday, an 18-year-old was seriously injured after falling onto an elevated platform.

— Ubah Ali, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
One thing seems certain — any Chinese citizen with this type of account needs to be paying attention to their obligations, and the sooner the better, to avoid falling afoul of the new mandate.

— Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

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