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wallowing




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wallowing
     1. n. The act of one who wallows.
wallow
     1. v. (intransitive) To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud
           Pigs wallow in the mud.
     2. v. to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder
     3. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
           She wallowed in her misery.
     4. v. (intransitive) To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
     5. v. (intransitive, Britain, Scotland, dialect) To wither; to fade.
     6. n. An instance of wallowing.
     7. n. A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
     8. n. A kind of rolling walk.
     9. adj. (now dialectal) Tasteless, flat.

Example Sentences

But wallowing in the mud is not the best way to reach your goal. 



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