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[ wol-oh ] / ˈwɒl oʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wallow ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust. to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel: to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality. to flounder about; move along or proceed clumsily or with difficulty: A gunboat wallowed toward port. to surge up or billow forth, as smoke or heat: Waves of black smoke wallowed into the room. nounan act or instance of wallowing. a place in which animals wallow: hog wallow; an elephant wallow. the indentation produced by animals wallowing: a series of wallows across the farmyard. Origin of wallowbefore 900; Middle English walwe,Old English wealwian to roll; cognate with Gothic walwjan; akin to Latin volvere SYNONYMS FOR wallowSEE SYNONYMS FOR wallow ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby wallowWalloon, Walloon Brabant, wallop, walloper, walloping, wallow, Wallowa Mountains, wallower, wall painting, wallpaper, wall pass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wallowI know many people who think to be an artist means you have to suffer, or at least wallow in old miseries. Mara Wilson Remembers Robin Williams: We're All His Goddamn Kids|Mara Wilson|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Amia, Louie's temporary girlfriend, is gone, leaving him to wallow in his heartbreak—at least for a few scenes. Louie Attempts Rape (and Explores the ‘Nice Guy’ Phenomenon)|Amy Zimmerman|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST In our film, Emad is using a language that does not wallow in suffering and in that way he becomes a powerful inspiration. Comfortable Symbols: The Suffering Palestinian and the Good Israeli|Guy Davidi|February 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST But Romney strikes me as a glass-half-full kind of guy, so let us not wallow in the negatives. Super Tuesday: Mitt Romney’s Senior Citizen Surge|Michelle Cottle|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Wallow is the best known, but not the only, fire now racing through Arizona. Arizona Fires: Mormons Mobilize to Help|Terry Greene Sterling|June 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST The willow tree (Welsh helygen), which grows essentially by the water-side, may be connoted with wallow. Archaic England|Harold Bayley A man could neither walk on that yielding mass nor wallow through it. Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair It is wonderful that any being made in the form of man, should cast down his prerogatives and wallow like the beast. Humanity in the City|E. H. Chapin Nowhere was a sign of wallow, path or road, and the coulée yawned, white-lipped. The Plow-Woman|Eleanor Gates Night came at last, and they dragged themselves out of the wallow to make the last desperate effort to complete their journey. The Indians' Last Fight|Dennis Collins
British Dictionary definitions for wallow
verb (intr)(esp of certain animals) to roll about in mud, water, etc, for pleasure to move about with difficulty to indulge oneself in possessions, emotion, etcto wallow in self-pity (of smoke, waves, etc) to billow nounthe act or an instance of wallowing a muddy place or depression where animals wallow Derived forms of wallowwallower, nounWord Origin for wallowOld English wealwian to roll (in mud); related to Latin volvere to turn, Greek oulos curly, Russian valun round pebble Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wallowtotter, flounder, lurch, lie, stumble, immerse, tumble, toss, welter, loll, sway, sprawl, stagger, wade, blunder, reel, roll, enjoy, rollick, humor |