slough off slough of despond • sloughy · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · slough off · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) discard as undesirable. Synonyms: slough off. Example: "The candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers." · · Verb Definition 1 (verb) separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion. Synonyms: slough off. · · Verb Definition 2 Characters · · space U+0020 f latin small letter f U+0066 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075