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Antonyms for featherbed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : feth -er-bed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛð ərˌbɛd |
Definition of featherbed
- As in slack/slacken : verb do little or nothing; loosen
- As in goof off : verb avoid work
- I have heard of one who used to get into the middle of a featherbed.
- Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
- Coming home it was a gorgeous winter's night on the Featherbed Mountain.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- I have a piece of mutton and a featherbed for you at all times; I pray make haste.
- Extract from : « The Works of John Marston » by John Marston
- A bit of straw matting, laid over a featherbed, and covered with the under sheet, makes a very cool bed for an infant.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
- It is, indeed, from no featherbed journey or carpet-knight's tour that Mr Coke has recently returned.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852 » by Various
- A simple strip of broad straw matting, spread over a featherbed, answers the same purpose.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
- Nothing is more debilitating, than, in warm weather, to sleep with a featherbed pressing round the greater part of the body.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
- Return to his bedroom, throw off the clothes, beat the featherbed, see that the fustian and sheets are clean.
- Extract from : « Early English Meals and Manners » by Various
- After such a galvanic shock, I could have found, if that had been my need, a featherbed on the Arc de l'toile.
- Extract from : « Home Fires in France » by Dorothy Canfield
- She had the featherbed temperament, and soothed masculine nerves exacerbated by the cruel exigencies of art.
- Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
Synonyms for featherbed
- abate
- bum around
- coast
- decrease
- diddle
- diminish
- dodge
- dog it
- doodle
- drag one's feet
- drop off
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- featherbed
- fiddle around
- flag
- fluff off
- fool around
- goldbrick
- goof off
- hang around
- hang out
- horse around
- idle
- lax
- lay back
- lessen
- let up
- lie down on job
- lollygag
- loose
- mess around
- moderate
- monkey around
- neglect
- putz around
- reduce
- relax
- release
- screw off
- shirk
- slack
- slack off
- slow down
- take it easy
- taper
- tire
- untighten
- wane
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