sloughed (off)

verb

variants also sluffed (off)
past tense of slough (off)
as in lost
to get rid of as useless or unwanted finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloughed (off)
  1. lost
  2. rejected
  3. tossed
  4. dumped
  5. discarded
  6. threw away
Verb
  • The neighborhood/area The fishing village of Conca dei Marini remains a lovely reminder of what this whole coast was once like—sleepy, charming, lost in time.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In the latest case, a 15-year-old boy lost a hand Monday in an incident involving a police stun grenade.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of lost
Verb
  • Their case was previously rejected by the district court and appeals court.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Meta, a week ago, rejected, then reversed course on an ad for Alex Gibney’s doc takedown Musk, and now a studio is about to weigh in on Meta.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of rejected
Verb
  • The suit was quickly tossed when the judge concluded the board was providing enough material.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Some reports claimed that they were tossed onto the road near the site of his former toll booth.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of tossed
Verb
  • The fact that Amazon dumped the movie because of its alleged connection to OpenAI?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • After Verity is killed and dumped in the lake near their home, Lowen and Jeremy seemingly continue on with a life together.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of dumped
Verb
  • Responses with the error were discarded, as were voters who had already been attempted, and quotas were reset.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Technologies, markets, laws and cultural assumptions all determine what is discarded, what is kept and why.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of discarded
Verb
  • The affidavit against the suspects alleges the teens threw away Erving’s phone and clothing, ABC News and CBS News reported.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda threw away his shot to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Definition of threw away
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“Sloughed (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloughed%20%28off%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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