Antonyms for abed

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-bed

Phonetic Transcription : əˈbɛd

Definition of abed

Origin : Old English on bedde "in bed," from a- (1) + bed (n.). As one word from 17c.

As in resting : adj inactive
As in sleeping : adj asleep

Example sentences :

It seemed to her that she awoke after sleeping some hours, and found Jeremiah not yet abed.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

If the Son of Man be indeed coming, what matters it whether we be abed or afoot?'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

It's after eight, and when I was little I was abed afore that.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

And if I is abed, it's better nor being in bed-lam, isn't it?
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

I had brought with me a book that Madonna Lucrezia had sent me while I was yet abed.
Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

While you have been abed, I have been up and doing; up and doing.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

There were lights, but for all the sight of people Addington might have been abed.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

It was some moments before my eyes could discover that the Earl was abed.
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

They whispered as parents do when their children are abed up-stairs.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

“I would have washed it, and donned it, and put it abed,” said Clare.
Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

Synonyms for abed

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