wallowed

Bathed in mud

Wallowed is the past tense of wallow, meaning to roll about or lie in something—typically mud, water, or loose material: The pigs wallowed in the mud.

More often, wallow describes indulging in a feeling or state, usually negative: She wallowed in self-pity, He wallowed in grief for months.

The word suggests excessive or prolonged immersion.

indulgence

luxuriated

Enjoyed great comfort

baskedAbsorbed warmth contentedly
reveledCelebrated with abandon
relishedEnjoyed with gusto

savored · delighted · immersed · steeped · soaked · bathed · indulged · pleasure · decadence · excess

mud

rolled

Rotated or turned over

bathedCleaned in water
splashedStruck liquid loudly
submergedBelow water's surface

coated · caked · muddy · slopped · sloshed · mired · bogged · stuck · swamp · bog

self-pity

brooded

Thought gloomily, persistently

mopedSulked or wandered sadly
dweltLived in a place
stewedCooked low and slow

languished · sulked · lamented · grieved · despaired · moaned · pitied · victimhood · misery · sorrow

Opposites

self-indulgence vs restraint

wallowedrestrained

Held under control

abstained · resisted · held back · moderated · suppressed

immersion vs emergence

wallowedrose above

Elevated beyond difficulties

emerged · escaped · transcended · overcame · moved on

physical movement in substrate

wallowedstood up

Failed to appear

rose · emerged · walked away · strode · bounded

Phrases

mud wallowAnimal cooling pool
hog wallowMuddy depression pigs use
wallow in the mireStay immersed in squalor

Family

wallow, wallowing, wallows, wallower, wallowers

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Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G