wallow in sth
— phrasal verb with wallow uk/ˈwɒl.əʊ/us/ˈwɑː.loʊ/verb [ I ]
(ENJOY)
to allow yourself to enjoy something completely:
My idea of a holiday is to stay in a five-star hotel and just wallow in luxury for a week.
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Taking pleasure in something
- bask
- bask in sth
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
- be a glutton for punishment idiom
- be a great one for sth idiom
- drool
- ecstasy
- glory
- glutton
- have a ball idiom
- have a field day idiom
- have a rare old time idiom
- hedonic
- lap
- relish
- revel
- revel in sth
- ride (on) a wave of sth idiom
- self-indulgent
- soak
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(REMAIN UNHAPPY)
to remain in an unhappy emotional state without trying to get out of it, as if you are enjoying it or trying to get sympathy from other people:
I wish she'd do something to help herself instead of just wallowing in self-pity!
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Keeping and staying the same
- consistency
- consistent
- continuum
- control
- fastness
- firm
- flat
- invariant
- leave
- leave well alone idiom
- level
- level off
- remain
- seamless
- stable
- steadfastly
- steady
- unchanged
- undisturbed
- wouldn't have it any other way idiom
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