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Meanings of wallow in English

Portuguese
regojizar

Be ecstatic with joy.

regojizar
Catalan
ondar

Rise up as if in waves.

ondar
Synonyms
Examples for "triumph"
Examples for "triumph"
1
Marriage, it has been said, represents the triumph of hope over experience.
The Irish Times
2
As a result, her reinstatement represents a triumph for the existing culture.
Reuters
3
Jubilant scenes greeted his triumph, 11 years since his last major victory.
News.com.au
4
The squad were given a few days off following their title triumph.
The Guardian
5
For a moment he felt the surge of a great personal triumph.
Gather, Darkness!
1
How the Opposition could rejoice at this nightmare result is beyond me.
The Irish Times
2
At another time I shall rejoice in telling the story in detail.
Beverly of Graustark
3
Everyone would rejoice in the accomplishment of the results which it seeks.
State of the Union Addresses
4
We rejoice in memories of his comradeship; we deeply mourn our loss.
Football Days / Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the B...
5
To rejoice in the midst of trial is health to the soul.
How to Live a Holy Life

Roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

Usage of wallow in English
1
Good teams with well-constructed squads overcome misfortune; weaker ones wallow in it.
The Guardian
2
Water buffalo wallow in milky water in a film by Ozan Atalan.
The Guardian
3
The right playlist can help pull you through, or let you wallow.
The Guardian
4
Hoping to land in May and wallow among the daisies of July.
A singular man
5
Three weeks is enough time to wallow in your own colossal mistake.
Blameless
6
Working quickly, they unyoked the oxen and led them from the wallow.
Hood
7
I can only wallow in the exquisite comfort of my own exactitude.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
8
Sometimes just a wallow in the shallows of an otherwise dangerous river.
The Irish Times
9
It was, doubtless, the wallow and the drinking pool of the GRYF.
Tarzan the Terrible
10
We don't go to wallow in our sins of the past week.
Ebony
11
We don't wallow around in the Games this way in District 12.
The Hunger Games
12
They wallow in your good chairs and think to themselves, Hang exertion.
Lord Jim
13
As it is, the natives are content to wallow in the mud.
Celtic fire
14
One day Gulab took out the buffaloes to graze and to wallow.
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One
15
Why do we have to wallow in all our teams' internal squabbles?
The Irish Times
16
The scene is an ugly one, a wallow of blood and mire.
Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis
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Translations for wallow
Portuguese
regojizar
Wallow through the time
Wallow across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common