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
- 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
- bask
- bathe in
- be immersed
- blunder
- delight
- enjoy
- flounder
- get stuck
- glory
- grovel
- humor
- immerse
- indulge oneself
- lie
- loll
- lurch
- luxuriate
- move around in
- pamper
- reel
- relish
- revel
- roll
- roll about
- roll around in
- rollick
- splash around
- spoil
- sprawl
- stagger
- stumble
- sway
- take pleasure
- toss
- totter
- tumble
- wade
- welter
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