to wallow
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5.8
- verb
- /ˈwɑloʊ/
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regodearse en
- After the breakup, she allowed herself to wallow in sadness for a few days before moving on.
And I think we we wallow in solitude.
- And I think we we wallow in solitude.
- They see that you bounce back, that you don't whine, wallow, complain.
- And so we would need to look at the history, not to wallow in it.
- I believe in myself and he's not going to wallow in like the any of the negative stuff.
- It was always just, I hate that I have to do this, but, like, sitting here and wallowing isn't going to help.
- You can't do anything other than wallow in retrospective assessment.
- He said wallow in it, wallow in your pain, wallow in the disappointment.
- And that is what has gotten me through and that is why I don't wallow in yesterday.
- So allowing yourself to wallow in disappointment doesn't make any sense.
Examples
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But he refused either to romanticize the fighting or to wallow in self-pity for having been sent there.
Academic text (1990) -
"He's stopped looking after his business and just sits around now, wallowing in self-pity."
Fiction book (1995) -
Like I can just sit here and wallow in the fact that I tried.
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So can I buy you a glass of wine while I wallow in my missed opportunity?
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Best not wallow in our grief.
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And that is what has gotten me through and that is why I don't wallow in yesterday.
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For four months, I wallowed, and finally I climbed up and out.
Fiction book (1992) -
To reason that way seemed more practical to him and more dignified than to wallow in regret.
Fiction book (1999) -
Until you identify it, you can't do anything but wallow in self-pity.
Fiction book (1994) -
He spent the afternoon wallowing in regret over missed opportunities instead of looking for new ones.
Synonyms
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4.7
To think about something for a long time, usually with worry or sadness
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5.2
To think or talk a lot about something upsetting
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7.4
To spend a lot of time feeling sorry for yourself and not trying to change
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9.9
To stay sad and think about problems instead of trying to fix them
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Etymology
Wallow came from a word meaning 'to roll', and people began to use that image for feelings too, so to wallow in sadness or pleasure is to 'roll' in that emotion and stay there without trying to change it.