Synonyms for wallow
ˈwɒl oʊwal·low

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1. wallownoun

   a puddle where animals go to wallow

2. wallowverb

   an indolent or clumsy rolling about

   "a good wallow in the water"

3. wallowverb

   devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure

   "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"

   Synonyms:
   billow, rejoice, triumph, welter

4. wallow, welterverb

   roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

   Synonyms:
   billow, rejoice, triumph, welter

5. billow, wallowverb

   rise up as if in waves

   "smoke billowed up into the sky"

   Synonyms:
   rejoice, heave, inflate, balloon, triumph, surge, billow, welter

6. wallow, rejoice, triumphverb

   be ecstatic with joy

   Synonyms:
   rejoice, jubilate, crow, gloat, exuberate, exult, prevail, joy, triumph, billow, welter

7. wallowverb

   delight greatly in

   "wallow in your success!"

   Synonyms:
   billow, rejoice, triumph, welter

Matched Categories

1. • Delight
   • Exult
   • Indulge
   • Mud Puddle
   • Surge

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. wallowverb

   Synonyms:
   flounder, roll, welter

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wallowverb

   Synonyms:
   welter, flounder, grovel

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1. List of paraphrases for "wallow":

   bath

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How to use wallow in a sentence?

1. Fred Allen:

   Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   seeing is believing they say and if boundaries are limitless are we? or is existence twofold and doomed before the sights are set and if so does God really weep for humanity and must we continue to seek sustenance through escapism and do sporting events in all their microcosmic glory refute the tenets of nihilism or should we simply accept and wallow in our ignorance unbearable lightness of being creatures who feelwhat -- I don’t know

3. Tami Zak:

   You absolutely have permission to feel whatever you need to feel — remember, the holiday will be over tomorrow, if you need to wallow tonight, it’s all good.

4. Eric Adams:

   When a mayor has swagger, New York City has swagger, we've allowed people to beat us down so much that all we did was wallow in Covid -- New York City's all we did -- and we no longer believe this is a city of swagger, this is a city of resiliency. ... We're going to survive.

5. Richard Nixon:

   There are these and other great causes that we were elected overwhelmingly to carry forward in November of 1972. And what we were elected to do, we are going to do, and let others wallow in Watergate, we are going to do our job.