palling

The word “palling” has 2 syllables: pal-ling

It's pronounced as /ˈpælɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for palling?

In the thesaurus, “palling” has 114 synonyms and 86 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for palling along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for palling

  • abating
  • alleviating
  • arid
  • aseptic
  • barren
  • blah
  • blank
  • boring
  • collapsing
  • colorless
  • common
  • commonplace
  • compressing
  • condensing
  • constricting
  • contracting
  • cumbersome
  • de-escalating
  • declining
  • decreasing
  • deflating
  • diminishing
  • drab
  • dreary
  • drudging
  • dry
  • dull
  • dullish
  • dusty
  • dwindling
  • earthbound
  • easing
  • ebbing
  • evaporating
  • falling
  • falling away
  • flagging
  • flat
  • giving out
  • gray
  • grey
  • heavy
  • ho-hum
  • humdrum
  • inanimate
  • jading
  • jejune
  • leaden
  • lessening
  • letting up
  • longsome
  • lowering
  • lumbering
  • mind-numbing
  • moderating
  • monochromatic
  • monotonous
  • numbing
  • old
  • ordinary
  • pallid
  • pedantic
  • pedestrian
  • phasing down
  • pleasureless
  • plodding
  • pokey
  • poky
  • ponderous
  • prosaic
  • prosy
  • receding
  • relaxing
  • relenting
  • remitting
  • shrinking
  • sinking
  • slackening
  • slow
  • soggy
  • spiritless
  • stale
  • sterile
  • stodgy
  • stuffy
  • stupid
  • subsiding
  • suspenseless
  • tame
  • tapering
  • tapering off
  • tedious
  • tepid
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • undramatic
  • uneventful
  • unexceptional
  • unexciting
  • unimaginative
  • uninspiring
  • uninteresting
  • unnewsworthy
  • unrewarding
  • unsensational
  • unspectacular
  • unsurprising
  • vanishing
  • vapid
  • waning
  • weakening
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying

Antonyms for palling

  • absorbing
  • accumulating
  • alluring
  • amazing
  • amusing
  • animating
  • appearing
  • arresting
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • attracting
  • attractive
  • awesome
  • ballooning
  • beguiling
  • bewitching
  • blowing up
  • bourgeoning
  • breathtaking
  • building
  • burgeoning
  • captivating
  • charming
  • distending
  • diverting
  • electrifying
  • elongating
  • emerging
  • enchanting
  • energizing
  • engaging
  • engrossing
  • enlarging
  • enlivening
  • entertaining
  • enthralling
  • entrancing
  • escalating
  • exciting
  • exhilarating
  • expanding
  • eye-opening
  • fabulous
  • fascinating
  • galvanizing
  • gripping
  • growing
  • hair-raising
  • increasing
  • inspiring
  • intensifying
  • interesting
  • intriguing
  • invigorating
  • involving
  • lengthening
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • mesmerizing
  • mounting
  • moving
  • mushrooming
  • picking up
  • poignant
  • provocative
  • rip-roaring
  • rising
  • riveting
  • rousing
  • sensational
  • showing up
  • snowballing
  • soaring
  • spectacular
  • spellbinding
  • stimulating
  • stirring
  • surprising
  • suspenseful
  • swelling
  • tantalizing
  • thrilling
  • touching
  • waxing
  • wonderful
  • wondrous

Meanings of palling

  • verb
    1. To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.
    2. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
    3. To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.
    4. Be friends with, hang around with.

Example Sentences

  • The friends were palling around at the park, enjoying the sunny weather.
  • Their palling over shared interests made their bond even stronger.
  • I found them palling up in the cafeteria, laughing over inside jokes.
  • Despite their differences, they were often seen palling together after work.
  • The siblings were caught palling around in their room, oblivious to the time.

On this page you'll find 200 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to palling, such as: abating, absorbing, accumulating, alleviating, alluring, amazing, amusing.

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  • unwholesome
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tapering off

  • abate
  • abating
  • alleviating
  • bate
  • close
  • collapsing
  • come to a point
  • compressing
  • condensing
  • constricting
  • contracting
  • de-escalating
  • declining
  • decreasing
  • deflating
  • die away
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  • drain
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  • dwindling
  • easing
  • ebbing
  • evaporating
  • fade
  • falling
  • falling away
  • flagging
  • giving out
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  • lessening
  • letting up
  • lowering
  • moderating
  • narrow
  • palling
  • phasing down
  • recede
  • receding
  • reduce
  • relaxing
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  • remitting
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  • shrinking
  • sinking
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  • subside
  • subsiding
  • tapering
  • thin
  • thin out
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  • wind down

unappealing


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