Synonyms for slough

Most common

marsh · bog · swale · exuviae

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

regard

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

   That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.

2. n. 2

   Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

   This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.

3. v. 1

   To shed skin or outer layers.

   This skin is being sloughed.

Related words

Word family

sloughy

Phrases

slough of despond slough shark

Forms

Plural

sloughs → gangrenes, sphaceli, bogs, marshes…

Past participle

sloughed
e.g. sloughed → shedded, molted, exuviated, ditched…

Example sentences

• marsh Sami wanted to dump Layla's body in the marsh.
• bog The skyscraper is expected to sink into the bog.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bog¹, fen¹

4 letters

pass¹, cast¹, wash¹, shed¹, moor¹, mire¹, molt¹

5 letters

marsh¹, ditch¹, swamp¹, slack¹, swale, moult

6 letters

callow², morass²

7 letters

lowland², exuviae

8 letters

quagmire³, gangrene², exuviate

9 letters

marshland², sphacelus

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (callow² = 2 syllables).

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