Synonyms of sloughing

sloughing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of slough

as in shuffling

to move heavily or clumsily

the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffling
• stumbling
• stomping
• hauling
• clumping
• barging
• dragging
• trudging
• lurching
• floundering
• shambling
• scuffing
• weaving
• stamping
• pounding
• tramping
• scuffling
• lumping
• plodding
• stumping
• slogging
• lumbering
• galumphing
• flogging
• staggering
• flopping
• swaying
• tromping
• waddling
• blundering
• tottering
• reeling
• wabbling
• teetering
• wobbling
• careening
• doddering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sliding
• gliding
• coasting
• whisking
• floating
• hanging
• drifting
• waltzing
• hovering
• breezing
• wafting
• poising

sloughing

2 of 2

verb (2)

variants also sluffing

present participle of slough

as in shedding

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside

the snake is sloughing its old skin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shedding
• slipping
• peeling
• scaling
• molting
• discarding
• unloading
• exfoliating
• flaking
• ditching
• scrapping
• jettisoning
• flinging (off or away)
• chucking
• throwing away
• throwing out
• junking
• shucking (off)