wallow
adjective
1. (now dialectal) Tasteless, flat.
noun
1. a puddle where animals go to wallow
Definition categories: object
2. an indolent or clumsy rolling about
- a good wallow in the water
verb
1. devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
- Wallow in luxury
- wallow in your sorrows
Definition categories: consumption, indulge
2. roll around
- pigs were wallowing in the mud
Similar word(s): welter
Definition categories: motion, move
3. rise up as if in waves
Similar word(s): billow
Definition categories: motion, soar, surge, zoom
4. be ecstatic with joy
Similar word(s): rejoice, triumph
Definition categories: emotion, exult
5. delight greatly in
- wallow in your success!
Definition categories: consumption, delight, enjoy, revel
Sentences with wallow as a verb:
- Pigs wallow in the mud.
- She wallowed in her misery.