Synonyms of sloughing (off)

sloughing (off)

verb

variants also sluffing (off)

present participle of slough (off)

as in casting (off)

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• casting (off)
• losing
• shucking (off)
• rejecting
• flinging (off or away)
• disposing of
• throwing away
• laying by
• setting aside
• dumping
• throwing out
• tossing
• eliminating
• discarding
• unloading
• shedding
• ditching
• scrapping
• removing
• jettisoning
• exorcising
• eradicating
• junking
• abandoning
• eighty-sixing
• exorcizing
• chucking
• kicking out
• stamping (out)
• wiping out
• dismissing
• deep-sixing
• 86ing
• pitching
• cashiering
• rooting (out)
• forsaking
• abdicating
• abolishing
• deserting
• extinguishing
• exterminating
• extirpating
• expunging
• annihilating
• liquidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• taking on
• embracing
• utilizing
• employing
• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• holding back