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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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