Synonyms of sloughs (off)

sloughs (off)

verb

variants also sluffs (off)

present tense third-person singular of slough (off)

as in loses

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loses
• rejects
• dumps
• throws away
• casts (off)
• tosses
• ditches
• disposes of
• discards
• throws out
• eliminates
• shucks (off)
• scraps
• lays by
• exorcizes
• unloads
• sheds
• flings (off or away)
• sets aside
• jettisons
• eighty-sixes
• removes
• deep-sixes
• exorcises
• junks
• chucks
• 86es
• cashiers
• eradicates
• kicks out
• abandons
• pitches
• wipes out
• dismisses
• abdicates
• deserts
• forsakes
• abolishes
• extirpates
• expunges
• extinguishes
• stamps (out)
• annihilates
• exterminates
• liquidates
• roots (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uses
• embraces
• adopts
• takes on
• utilizes
• employs
• holds
• retains
• keeps
• holds back

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• uses
• embraces
• adopts
• takes on
• utilizes
• employs
• holds
• retains
• keeps
• holds back

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