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- pronunciation:
- wa
lo
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
wallows, wallowing, wallowed |
| definition 1: |
to roll the body about lazily in mud, sand, water, or the like, esp. for comfort or pleasure.
The pigs looked happy as they wallowed in the mud.
- synonyms:
- bask, welter
- similar words:
- lounge, swim, wade
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| definition 2: |
to indulge oneself too much in an emotional condition or manner of living.
He wallowed in self-pity after he got fired.They used to be poor, but they wallow in luxury now.- synonyms:
- indulge, luxuriate
- similar words:
- bask, delight, revel
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| definition 3: |
to move ahead clumsily or in a rolling manner.
She wallowed out of the surf and collapsed on the shore.- synonyms:
- flounder
- similar words:
- clamber, lumber, lurch, pitch, roll, stagger, stumble, waddle
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| definition 4: |
to have a great amount of something (usu. fol. by "in").
My mother loves antique jewelry, and she's absolutely wallowing in it.- similar words:
- bathe, luxuriate, swim
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| related words: |
dissipate, grovel |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act or instance or wallowing.
- similar words:
- swim, waddle, wade, welter
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| definition 2: |
a muddy rut, pool, or other site where animals wallow.
- similar words:
- pit, pond, pool, puddle, rut, watering hole
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| related words: |
morass, pitch |
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| derivation: |
wallower (n.) |
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