Synonyms of sloughed (off)

sloughed (off)

verb

variants also sluffed (off)

past tense of slough (off)

as in lost

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lost
• rejected
• disposed of
• tossed
• threw away
• set aside
• dumped
• discarded
• laid by
• shucked (off)
• threw out
• eliminated
• unloaded
• jettisoned
• shed
• ditched
• cast (off)
• abandoned
• removed
• scrapped
• flung (off or away)
• exorcised
• eradicated
• chucked
• junked
• kicked out
• wiped out
• cashiered
• dismissed
• exorcized
• pitched
• eighty-sixed
• 86'd
• abdicated
• deep-sixed
• forsook
• deserted
• abolished
• stamped (out)
• extinguished
• expunged
• extirpated
• rooted (out)
• annihilated
• exterminated
• liquidated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• employed
• embraced
• utilized
• took on
• retained
• held
• held back
• kept

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• adopted
• used
• employed
• embraced
• utilized
• took on
• retained
• held
• held back
• kept

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