All idled synonyms

verb idled

• lazy — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
• hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
• play at — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• waste away — become thin and weak
• ramble — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
• sprawl — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
• recline — to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
• brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
• sulk — to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood: Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early.
• breathe — When people or animals breathe, they take air into their lungs and let it out again. When they breathe smoke or a particular kind of air, they take it into their lungs and let it out again as they breathe.
• sit down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
• lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
• devote — If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• put in — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• fester — to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
• hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
• clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
• shackle — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
• tie up — that with which anything is tied.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
• mosey — to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
• saunter — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
• laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
• lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
• misspend — to spend wrongly or unwisely; squander; waste.
• squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
• dissipate — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• fall off — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
• shirk — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
• dream — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
• vegetate — to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
• piddle — to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
• dabble — If you dabble in something, you take part in it but not very seriously.
• hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.