Synonyms for slough
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : slou for 1, 2, 4; sloo for 3 |
| Phonetic Transcription : slaÊŠ for 1, 2, 4; slu for 3 |
Top 10 synonyms for slough Other synonyms for the word slough
- drop
- emit
- everglade
- exude
- exuviate
- fen
- give
- give forth
- glade
- holm
- jettison
- junk
- let fall
- marsh
- marshland
- mire
- molt
- moor
- morass
- mud
- muskeg
- peat bog
- polder
- pour forth
- quag
- quagmire
- radiate
- reject
- scatter
- scrap
- send forth
- shower
- slip
- spill
- sprinkle
- swale
- swampland
- take off
- throw
- throw away
- throw off
- throw out
- wetland
- yield
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for slough
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