Synonyms of sloughed

sloughed 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of slough

as in shuffled

to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffled
• stomped
• stumbled
• barged
• weaved
• hauled
• clumped
• lurched
• shambled
• stamped
• trudged
• lumped
• dragged
• floundered
• tramped
• scuffed
• pounded
• stumped
• lumbered
• scuffled
• galumphed
• plodded
• slogged
• staggered
• tromped
• flopped
• flogged
• swayed
• reeled
• waddled
• blundered
• tottered
• careened
• teetered
• doddered
• wobbled
• wabbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slid
• glided
• whisked
• drifted
• hung
• floated
• coasted
• waltzed
• hanged
• hovered
• breezed
• wafted
• poised

sloughed

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verb (2)

variants also sluffed

past tense of slough

as in slipped

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside

the snake is sloughing its old skin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slipped
• shed
• discarded
• peeled
• scaled
• unloaded
• molted
• exfoliated
• flaked
• ditched
• jettisoned
• scrapped
• chucked
• flung (off or away)
• threw away
• junked
• threw out
• shucked (off)