All featherbedded synonyms
verb featherbedded
- coasted — Simple past tense and past participle of coast.
- diddled — Simple past tense and past participle of diddle.
- doodled — Simple past tense and past participle of doodle.
- shirked — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- abated — to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
- diminished — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- dodged — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- dwindled — Simple past tense and past participle of dwindle.
- eased — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- flagged — flagstone (def 1).
- idled — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- lessened — to become less.
- loosed — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- moderated — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- reduced — that is or has been reduced.
- relaxed — being free of or relieved from tension or anxiety: in a relaxed mood.
- released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- tapered — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tired — having a tire or tires.
- waned — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.