What does it mean to say “a pall of gloom descended”












0














The context is when someone is passed away. "A pall of gloom descended " in the village where the cremation of the body took place










share|improve this question







New contributor




NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.




















  • Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
    – Hot Licks
    32 mins ago










  • What does "pall" mean? What does "gloom" mean?
    – Hot Licks
    31 mins ago
















0














The context is when someone is passed away. "A pall of gloom descended " in the village where the cremation of the body took place










share|improve this question







New contributor




NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.




















  • Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
    – Hot Licks
    32 mins ago










  • What does "pall" mean? What does "gloom" mean?
    – Hot Licks
    31 mins ago














0












0








0







The context is when someone is passed away. "A pall of gloom descended " in the village where the cremation of the body took place










share|improve this question







New contributor




NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.











The context is when someone is passed away. "A pall of gloom descended " in the village where the cremation of the body took place







phrases idioms






share|improve this question







New contributor




NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.











share|improve this question







New contributor




NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









share|improve this question




share|improve this question






New contributor




NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









asked 1 hour ago









NAGARAJA H I

1




1




New contributor




NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.





New contributor





NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.






NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.












  • Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
    – Hot Licks
    32 mins ago










  • What does "pall" mean? What does "gloom" mean?
    – Hot Licks
    31 mins ago


















  • Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
    – Hot Licks
    32 mins ago










  • What does "pall" mean? What does "gloom" mean?
    – Hot Licks
    31 mins ago
















Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
32 mins ago




Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
32 mins ago












What does "pall" mean? What does "gloom" mean?
– Hot Licks
31 mins ago




What does "pall" mean? What does "gloom" mean?
– Hot Licks
31 mins ago















active

oldest

votes











Your Answer








StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "97"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});


}
});






NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.










draft saved

draft discarded


















StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f479212%2fwhat-does-it-mean-to-say-a-pall-of-gloom-descended%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown






























active

oldest

votes













active

oldest

votes









active

oldest

votes






active

oldest

votes








NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.










draft saved

draft discarded


















NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.













NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.












NAGARAJA H I is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
















Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange!


  • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid



  • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

  • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.





Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.


Please pay close attention to the following guidance:


  • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid



  • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

  • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




draft saved


draft discarded














StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f479212%2fwhat-does-it-mean-to-say-a-pall-of-gloom-descended%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown





















































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown

































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown







Popular posts from this blog

What visual should I use to simply compare current year value vs last year in Power BI desktop

How to ignore python UserWarning in pytest?

Alexandru Averescu