What is another word for slough?
268 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ slˈa͡ʊ], [ slˈaʊ], [ s_l_ˈaʊ]Table of Contents
Similar words for slough:- cove (noun)
- exuviate (noun)
- gangrene (noun)
- skin (noun)
- slough (noun)
- swamp (noun)
- chuck (verb)
- raid (verb)
- reject (verb)
- scrap (verb)
- shed (verb)
- skin (verb)
- unlade (verb)
- unload (verb)
- other synonyms
- reject
- skin
Definition for Slough:
- To come away, as dead matter from sound flesh; come off or be shed, as the skin of an animal; to shed the skin.
Synonyms for Slough:
n.
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- depression,
- misery,
- sadness,
- distress,
- regret,
- disappointment,
- desolation,
- remorse,
- grief,
- sorrow.
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- cay,
- sandbank,
- the seabed,
- reef,
- shelf,
- oyster bed,
- coral reef,
- shoal,
- sand bar,
- the seafloor.
v.
•chuck (verb)- dis carding,
- eightysix,
- dis-carding,
- dis-carded,
- eighty six,
- gives heave ho,
- gave heave ho,
- dis card,
- dis-card,
- give heave ho,
- giving the heave ho,
- gave the heave ho,
- de sert,
- dis cards,
- dis-cards,
- gives the heave ho,
- giving heave ho,
- de-sert,
- dis carded.
- leaning against,
- falls up on,
- knocking over,
- in roads,
- de-spoil,
- leant on,
- in-roads,
- falling up on,
- fall up on,
- fires on,
- over runs,
- marching on,
- knocks over,
- descends on,
- over running,
- firing on,
- descended on,
- de-spoiling,
- marched on,
- descending on,
- de spoiled,
- leaned against,
- falls upon,
- de spoiling,
- fired on,
- leans on,
- de spoils,
- leaned on,
- marches on,
- tipping over,
- de-spoils,
- fell up on,
- in-road,
- leant against,
- de spoil,
- in road,
- leans against,
- tips over,
- de-spoiled,
- falling upon.
- consigns scrap heap,
- re tired,
- re-tire,
- tosses out,
- puts out pasture,
- consigning to scrap heap,
- re tire,
- put out pasture,
- consigns to scrap heap,
- tost out,
- consigned to scrap heap,
- putting out pasture,
- consign scrap heap,
- consigned scrap heap,
- consigning scrap heap,
- re-tiring,
- tossing out,
- re tiring,
- puts out to pasture,
- re tires.
- disburden,
- take off,
- give,
- exude,
- radiate,
- spill,
- scatter,
- cashier,
- emit,
- slip,
- yield,
- shower,
- afford,
- doff,
- junk,
- sprinkle,
- throw out,
- beam,
- diffuse.
- dis gorges,
- un-loads,
- un loads,
- off loads,
- dis charges,
- dis commodes,
- off loaded,
- takes a load off,
- dis gorged,
- un-burdened,
- dis-gorging,
- dis gorging,
- un-burdens,
- un pack,
- un loading,
- dis-commodes,
- dis encumbers,
- dis encumbered,
- dis-encumbered,
- un burdening,
- un-load,
- un-pack,
- took load off,
- taking load off,
- dis-encumbers,
- un-packed,
- un packing,
- un burden,
- dis gorge,
- dis-charge,
- takes load off,
- off load,
- breaking bulk,
- dis charge,
- un-loading,
- dis-gorged,
- dis charging,
- dis-charged,
- un burdens,
- un packed,
- dis-encumbering,
- dis commode,
- un loaded,
- un-loaded,
- took a load off,
- un-packs,
- un burdened,
- dis encumbering,
- dis-gorge,
- un load,
- dis-gorges,
- breaks bulk,
- off loading,
- dis-commode,
- un packs,
- dis encumber,
- dis-charges,
- dis charged,
- un-burdening,
- un-burden,
- dis-charging,
- broke bulk,
- dis-encumber,
- brake bulk,
- take load off,
- un-packing,
- taking a load off.
Other synonyms:
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- difficulty,
- scab,
- wetland.
Antonyms for Slough:
Slough Sentence Examples:
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And in this trial of faith and patience, and in that, in this temptation to sin, and in that, in this actual transgression, and in that, let us always ask ourselves which is the side of the slough that is farthest away from our own house, and let us still struggle to that side of the slough, and it will all be well with us at the last.
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He was still watching critically and beginning to wonder, with a little touch of anxiety, whether Tompkins was going to be engulfed in the general slough of inertia.
Homophones for Slough:
- selachii, squelch, shylock, slick, silesia, shillelagh, soliloquise, shellac, Seleucus I, slask, Seljuk, sulawesi, sulcus, slash, suslik, soliloquize, sluggish, sociology, socialise, seles, sclk, seleucus, shlock, silicosis, shellack, slake, sexless, Sauce Louis, shigellosis, shoeless, sulk, silique, silks, shekels, salacious, syllogize, skulk, siliceous, shell-less, scalawag, saclike, slush, Siskiyou Lewisia, sales, schlock, silex, soliloquy, squalus, slack, scallywag, saw logs, sleazy, silk oak, sialis, salk, silage, sls, soul kiss, scalelike, silky, salsa, seychellois, suchlike, soulless, slug, sluiceway, sleigh, sleaze, sexualize, soleus, sillago, scalage, sloughy, sleek, scaleless, sills, saw log, scalic, shellac wax, salish, silicious, slag, salix, slog, sluice, slushy, slice, schoolhouse, slouch, salicaceae, silica, sulky, suillus, Sao Louis, sexualise, sacculus, slouchy, syllogise, slosh, slezsko, slacks, shell shock, sash lock, soleless, saw-like, seychelles, saluki, siliqua, slowcoach, silk, scoliosis, sea slug, shoelace, socialize, souslik, shoe lace, scale wax, slews, schulz, solace, silky oak, skywalk, sea louse, saxicolous.
