Antonyms for slough

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : slou for 1, 2, 4; sloo for 3

Phonetic Transcription : slaʊ for 1, 2, 4; slu for 3

Definition of slough

Origin : "muddy place," Old English sloh "soft, muddy ground," of uncertain origin. Cf. Middle Low German sloch "muddy place," Middle High German sluoche "ditch." Figurative use (e.g. of moral sunkenness or Bunyan's "Slough of Despond," 1678) attested from mid-13c.

noun swamp
verb shed

Example sentences :

In a moment, by one word, I can throw you back into the slough from whence I dragged you.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

As he came down to the slough, all too late he had realized whither he was heading.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Are we to struggle out of one slough only to sink into another?
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

One false step and you are over a precipice, or up to your neck in a slough.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Anderson was convinced that the bed of that slough, if uncovered, could unfold a tale.
Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth

Lecour looked up; but it was not enough to revive him from so deep a slough.
Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall

On Monday, February 26, the garrison was sunk in a slough of despondency.
Extract from : « Story of the War in South Africa » by Captain A. T. Mahan, U.S.N.

When Palmer first entered the city he found it situated in a slough.
Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis

Suiting the action to the word, he flung his burden into the Slough of Despond.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

Are the people to be for ever in the slough of idolatry and superstition?
Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy

Synonyms for slough

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