Antonyms for wallow

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wol-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒl oʊ

Definition of wallow

Origin : Old English wealwian "to roll," from West Germanic *walwojan, from PIE *wel- "to roll" (see volvox). Figurative sense of "to plunge and remain in some state or condition" is attested from early 13c. Related: Wallowed; wallowing. The noun is recorded from 1590s.

verb slosh around in
verb become very involved in

Example sentences :

She had to wallow in filth instead of having flowers all about her.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

He grabbed the groveling butcher and hoisted him from his wallow.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

And then they laid him down in the rain-water which had gathered in the wallow.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

To wallow in such a wave of happiness had never been his before, was never to be his again.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

It irks them that humanity should wallow in its ignorance and blindness.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 » by Various

Mayo toiled in the wallow of black water till his muscles ached.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

One day Gulab took out the buffaloes to graze and to wallow.
Extract from : « The Wonders of the Jungle » by Prince Sarath Ghosh

Sometimes he alone had charge of them, and took them out to graze and to wallow.
Extract from : « The Wonders of the Jungle » by Prince Sarath Ghosh

They have plenty to eat, plenty to drink, and plenty of mud in which to wallow.
Extract from : « The Wonders of the Jungle » by Prince Sarath Ghosh

Yet we—we have left them to wallow in the mire of their cannibal abominations.
Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford

Synonyms for wallow

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