Wallow
verb
To lay lazily or immerse oneself in something, usually a bad situation or negative feeling, and not trying to improve it.
He did not look for a job, rather he wallowed in self-pity.
Often appears as...
- wallow in self-pity
- wallow in despair
verb
To roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment.
Pigs typically wallow in mud.
Often appears as...
- wallow in mud
- animals wallow
verb
To lay lazily or immerse oneself in something, usually a bad situation or negative feeling, and not trying to improve it.
He did not look for a job, rather he wallowed in self-pity.
Often appears as...
- wallow in self-pity
- wallow in despair
verb
To roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment.
Pigs typically wallow in mud.
Often appears as...
- wallow in mud
- animals wallow
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Wallow often hints at an excessive indulgence in negative feelings without seeking to change.
After the break-up, she chose to wallow in her sorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoidance Behavior
Using 'wallow' suggests avoiding taking action by being consumed by a negative situation.
He wallows in regret rather than apologizing.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Wallow' can be figurative, meaning the person isn't physically rolling but is deeply absorbed in feelings.
She continues to wallow in defeat.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Wallow often hints at an excessive indulgence in negative feelings without seeking to change.
After the break-up, she chose to wallow in her sorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoidance Behavior
Using 'wallow' suggests avoiding taking action by being consumed by a negative situation.
He wallows in regret rather than apologizing.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Wallow' can be figurative, meaning the person isn't physically rolling but is deeply absorbed in feelings.
She continues to wallow in defeat.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Wallow often hints at an excessive indulgence in negative feelings without seeking to change.
After the break-up, she chose to wallow in her sorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoidance Behavior
Using 'wallow' suggests avoiding taking action by being consumed by a negative situation.
He wallows in regret rather than apologizing.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Wallow' can be figurative, meaning the person isn't physically rolling but is deeply absorbed in feelings.
She continues to wallow in defeat.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
you said to me that's is convinced that they somewhere in the the block off to my left hand side but obviously during the course the day they might have moved around and there's a few little mud wallows on this road that we're on so you're just checking those out I'm just seeing if maybe any of them came for a drink during the course of the day
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
possibly be in here too and would be a very important food source to a lot of critters that live in the water so I'm on bush walk in the morning I think we'll be checking and aim sort of having a closer inspection of the mud wallows I'd like to do that on my bush walks and see if we can find some water scorpions
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
wallowing around in it this is what some people would do up in Namibia take this take a lot of them actually put them in an ostrich egg with water and actually help as an antibacterial so help keep the water nice and clean pretty sure the Egyptians used to do something along the
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Images of strength and...
and hope to women who have gone through gender-based violence and rape she is an activist in Kenya and is helping to shape the way sexual assault is being dealt with in the country on the steep slopes of wallow in northern Ethiopia I met this woman on the way coming back
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Hogzilla PIPE National...
heard them in the distance on one rarely close up because it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up so we're just gonna walk quietly through the woods without it open just listening this is not just a bottle of water this is a wild boar that has been wallowing
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Ananda Shankar Jayant...
that I, who thought I had complete control of my life, had control of only three My thought, my mind -- the images that these thoughts created -- and the action that derived from it. So here I was wallowing
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Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...
bit so that's let's just go forward sake so he said see there's one that's having a bit of a mud wallow over there more on the left as well so it is our heard from this morning that is all just spread
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
maybe wanna wait I'm just gonna turn around so that if they do you head back to the mud wallows we'll get a nice view of them oh how incredible is this max piece can you repeat what you said to me
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Up Close With The...
wallowing but time is running out for this critically endangered animals these two are protected within a secret forest location so can live safely and
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Baby Elephant's Struggle...
they lead him towards a mud hole the others wallow they coat themselves in mud there's a protection from the sun himber has run out of strength
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
you said to me that's is convinced that they somewhere in the the block off to my left hand side but obviously during the course the day they might have moved around and there's a few little mud wallows on this road that we're on so you're just checking those out I'm just seeing if maybe any of them came for a drink during the course of the day
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
possibly be in here too and would be a very important food source to a lot of critters that live in the water so I'm on bush walk in the morning I think we'll be checking and aim sort of having a closer inspection of the mud wallows I'd like to do that on my bush walks and see if we can find some water scorpions
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
wallowing around in it this is what some people would do up in Namibia take this take a lot of them actually put them in an ostrich egg with water and actually help as an antibacterial so help keep the water nice and clean pretty sure the Egyptians used to do something along the
Video examples
Images of strength and...
and hope to women who have gone through gender-based violence and rape she is an activist in Kenya and is helping to shape the way sexual assault is being dealt with in the country on the steep slopes of wallow in northern Ethiopia I met this woman on the way coming back
Video examples
Hogzilla PIPE National...
heard them in the distance on one rarely close up because it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up so we're just gonna walk quietly through the woods without it open just listening this is not just a bottle of water this is a wild boar that has been wallowing
Video examples
Ananda Shankar Jayant...
that I, who thought I had complete control of my life, had control of only three My thought, my mind -- the images that these thoughts created -- and the action that derived from it. So here I was wallowing
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...
bit so that's let's just go forward sake so he said see there's one that's having a bit of a mud wallow over there more on the left as well so it is our heard from this morning that is all just spread
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
maybe wanna wait I'm just gonna turn around so that if they do you head back to the mud wallows we'll get a nice view of them oh how incredible is this max piece can you repeat what you said to me
Video examples
Up Close With The...
wallowing but time is running out for this critically endangered animals these two are protected within a secret forest location so can live safely and
Video examples
Baby Elephant's Struggle...
they lead him towards a mud hole the others wallow they coat themselves in mud there's a protection from the sun himber has run out of strength
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Quote examples
Fabrizio Moreira
Ecuadorian Politician
No matter how frustrated, disappointed and discouraged we may feel in the face of our failures, it's only temporary. And the faster you can stop wallowing in guilt, blame or resentment, the faster you can put it behind you.
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Mark Waid
American Writer
There have been many days when I have had to work up to writing 'Irredeemable' because I just didn't feel like wallowing in that world, feeling those emotions... but that's the process.
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Sarah McLachlan
Canadian Musician
I'm not one to sit and wallow - I would rather figure out a way around so I can move past it and be at peace with things. I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me.
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
Why regret anything? Where does it get you to regret anything you've ever done in your life? It gets you nowhere. It's a pathetic emotion that you can wallow in.
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Katherine Mansfield
New Zealander Author
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.
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Natalie Cole
American Musician
It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff.
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Howard Schultz
American Businessman
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.
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Tionne Watkins
American Musician
Don't sit there and wallow in woe-is-me stuff that happened in your past. Move forward. Face whatever you're afraid of. Or deal with it.
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Rashami Desai
Indian Actress
The fast pace of life doesn't give you much scope for wasting your time or wallowing in the past or regrets.
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James Arthur
British Musician
I felt like I couldn't wallow in self-pity forever. I can't beat myself up forever.
Quote examples
Fabrizio Moreira
Ecuadorian Politician
No matter how frustrated, disappointed and discouraged we may feel in the face of our failures, it's only temporary. And the faster you can stop wallowing in guilt, blame or resentment, the faster you can put it behind you.
Quote examples
Mark Waid
American Writer
There have been many days when I have had to work up to writing 'Irredeemable' because I just didn't feel like wallowing in that world, feeling those emotions... but that's the process.
Quote examples
Sarah McLachlan
Canadian Musician
I'm not one to sit and wallow - I would rather figure out a way around so I can move past it and be at peace with things. I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me.
Quote examples
Robert Greene
English Playwright
Why regret anything? Where does it get you to regret anything you've ever done in your life? It gets you nowhere. It's a pathetic emotion that you can wallow in.
Quote examples
Katherine Mansfield
New Zealander Author
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.
Quote examples
Natalie Cole
American Musician
It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff.
Quote examples
Howard Schultz
American Businessman
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.
Quote examples
Tionne Watkins
American Musician
Don't sit there and wallow in woe-is-me stuff that happened in your past. Move forward. Face whatever you're afraid of. Or deal with it.
Quote examples
Rashami Desai
Indian Actress
The fast pace of life doesn't give you much scope for wasting your time or wallowing in the past or regrets.
Quote examples
James Arthur
British Musician
I felt like I couldn't wallow in self-pity forever. I can't beat myself up forever.
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