cast a pall

English

Verb

cast a pall (third-person singular simple present casts a pall, present participle casting a pall, simple past and past participle cast a pall)

  1. (transitive with on or over) To spoil (something); to cast a feeling of gloom (over something).
    • 2012 June 21, Alessandra Stanley, “So Sayeth the Anchorman”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
      There are some wonderful verbal volleys, but at times the piety is so thick it casts a pall on the humor — like walking out of a funeral and straight into a backyard bounce house.

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