wallow
[verb]
Synonyms:
- revel, bask, delight, glory, luxuriate, relish, take pleasure
- roll about, splash around

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Contrasted words: abstain, refrain, avoid, eschew, shun
Related Idioms: make heavy weather (of)
Related Words: flounder, roll, tumble, cuddle, nestle, snuggle, reel, stagger, sway, totter, wamble, welter, baby, humor, pamper, spoil, appreciate, delight (in), enjoy, relish

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wal‧low /ˈwɒləʊ $ ˈwɑːloʊ/ verb [intransitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: wealwian 'to roll']

1. wallow in self-pity/despair/defeat etc to seem to enjoy being sad etc, especially because you get sympathy from other people – used to show disapproval:
He’d been feeling sorry for himself, wallowing in self-pity.

2. if an animal or person wallows, it rolls around in mud, water etc for pleasure or to keep cool:
hippos wallowing in the mud

3. if a ship or boat wallows, it moves with difficulty through a rough sea
—wallow noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲