wallowed

Verb (1)

wallow (third-person singular simple present wallows, present participle wallowing, simple past and past participle wallowed)

1. (intransitive) To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
   • Pigs wallow in the mud.

   Synonyms:

   welter

2. (intransitive) To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
   • The fire was thrown to a great height; the fountains and jets all wallowed together; new ones appeared, and danced joyously round the margin, then converging towards the centre they merged into one glowing mass, which upheaved itself pyramidally and disappeared with a vast plunge.1875, Isabella L. Bird, The Hawaiian Archipelago
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
   • She wallowed in her misery.

   Synonyms:

   grovel, bask, delight, indulge, luxuriate, revel, rollick

4. (intransitive) To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
   • God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Verb (2)

wallow (third-person singular simple present wallows, present participle wallowing, simple past and past participle wallowed)

1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To fade, fade away, wither, droop; fail to flourish.

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