wallow

Meaning

Verb

1. To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
2. To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
3. To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
4. To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.

Noun

1. An instance of wallowing.
2. A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
3. A kind of rolling walk.

Adj

Tasteless, flat.

Synonyms

roll

flounder

welter

roll around

roll about

indulge

triumph

😤

billow

lair

splash around

rejoice

insipid

jubilate

luxuriate

mire

paddle

pet

revel

roll down

roll over

rub

sprawl

stagnation

struggle

surge

tumble

unbecoming

writhe

crawl about

move to and fro

muddy place

mud puddle

roll on the ground

depression

bathe oneself

avalanche

roll along the ground

bask

bathe

devote

drowned

exuberate

exult

fondle

give

grub

have a bath

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɒ.ləʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: walowen

Inherited from Old English: wealwian

Cognate with Latin: volvō

Inherited from Middle English: walwen

Cognate with Old English: fealwian

Cognate with Middle English: welken

Cognate with English: welk

Inherited from Middle English: walwe

Inherited from Old English: wealg

Cognate with Dutch: walg

Cognate with Norwegian: valg

In summary

From Middle English walowen, walewen, walwen, welwen, from Old English wealwian (“to roll”), from Proto-West Germanic *walwōn, variant of *walwijan, from Proto-Germanic *walwijaną (“to roll”), from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“roll, tumble”, verb).