slough

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noun swamp

More words related to slough

chuck

verb. throw aside, throw away, throw out

chucked

verb. throw aside, throw away, throw out

Word Origin & History

"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.

Example Sentences for slough

In a moment, by one word, I can throw you back into the slough from whence I dragged you.

As he came down to the slough, all too late he had realized whither he was heading.

Are we to struggle out of one slough only to sink into another?

One false step and you are over a precipice, or up to your neck in a slough.

Anderson was convinced that the bed of that slough, if uncovered, could unfold a tale.

Lecour looked up; but it was not enough to revive him from so deep a slough.

On Monday, February 26, the garrison was sunk in a slough of despondency.

When Palmer first entered the city he found it situated in a slough.

Suiting the action to the word, he flung his burden into the Slough of Despond.

Are the people to be for ever in the slough of idolatry and superstition?

slough

Synonyms for slough

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baggage

bog

chuck

chucked

cove

gulf

slough

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bog

chuck

chucked

cove

gulf

Synonyms for slough

baggage