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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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