wallow
Meaning of wallow
verb
- (chiefly of large mammals) roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects.
there were watering places where buffalo liked to wallow
- (of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable).
I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel
he had been wallowing in self-pity
- an act of wallowing.
a wallow in nostalgia
- a depression containing mud or shallow water, formed by the wallowing of large mammals.
a buffalo wallow
Old English walwian ‘to roll about’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll’.
Information about wallow
- The plural form of wallow is: wallows.
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Hyphenation of wallow
wal-low
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- wallow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wallow synonyms
Meaning welter:
Meaning billow:
Meaning rejoice:
Meaning (of liquid in a container) move irregularly with a splashing sound:
Meaning walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance:
Meaning move through the water in a boat using a paddle or paddles:
Meaning (of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container, typically as a result of careless handling:
Meaning make a soft sucking sound such as that made by treading heavily through mud:
Meaning make a soft splashing sound as one moves:
Meaning enjoy (something) as a luxury; take self-indulgent delight in:
Meaning revel in and make the most of (something pleasing):
Meaning take great pleasure in:
Meaning enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing:
Meaning take great pride or pleasure in:
Meaning take delight or pleasure in (an activity or occasion):
Meaning having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to:
Meaning feel deep affection for (someone):
Meaning enjoy greatly:
Meaning taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it to the full:
wallow antonyms
Meaning deliberately avoid using; abstain from:
Words that rhyme with wallow
Allhallow, allow, ballow, behallow, betallow, callow, disallow, dishallow, encallow, enhallow, enwallow, fallow, gallow, hallow, mackallow, mallow, marshmallow, preallow, preswallow, reallow, refallow, rehallow, reswallow, rewallow, sallow, shallow, swallow, tallow, twifallow, unallow, uncallow, unhallow, unsallow, upswallow, waxmallow, yallow, Bellow, Fellow, Longfellow, Oddfellow, Rockafellow, Yellow, bedfellow, bellow, benchfellow, blackfellow, boonfellow, chamberfellow, clanfellow, classfellow
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