wallower
One who lingers
A wallower is someone who wallows—indulging heavily in an emotion or state, usually unpleasant ones like self-pity, misery, or grief.
The word carries judgment: a wallower doesn't just feel bad but seems to luxuriate in feeling bad, resisting comfort or recovery.
Don't be such a wallower—get up and do something.
Intense prolonged distress
- victimhoodState of being wronged
- despairTotal absence of hope
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- hopelessnessState without hope
gloom · sorrow · moping · brooding · sulking · dejection · woefulness · moroseness
Domesticated swine for meat
Resistance to altered motion
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- sluggishnessState of slow movement
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- languorWeary, dreamy fatigue
apathy · slothfulness · idleness · indolence · stagnation · passivity · inactivity · ennui
Pursuit of gratification
- excessSurplus beyond need
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- bingeBout of excess
self-gratification · overindulgence · reveling · basking · luxuriating · immersion · abandonment · surrender
misery
Intense prolonged distress
- victimhoodState of being wronged
- despairTotal absence of hope
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
hopelessness · gloom · sorrow · moping · brooding · sulking · dejection · woefulness · moroseness · pessimism
pig
Domesticated swine for meat
hog · sty · mire · slop · filth · mudhole · boar · sow · bath · cooling
inertia
Resistance to altered motion
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- sluggishnessState of slow movement
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
languor · apathy · slothfulness · idleness · indolence · stagnation · passivity · inactivity · ennui · malaise
hedonism
Pursuit of gratification
binge · self-gratification · overindulgence · reveling · basking · luxuriating · immersion · abandonment · surrender · sybarite
- windmillsblades, Dutch windmills, rotor, tower mill, sails
- millingmill, grist mill, mills, corn mill, grain mill
- herd memberscow, cows, bull, bulls, calf
wallowerproblem-solver
One who resolves difficulties
go-getter · doer · fixer · striver · self-starter
- mud wallowAnimal cooling pool
- hog wallowMuddy depression pigs use
- wallow in the mireStay immersed in squalor