The Only Use of
wallow
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Then he went down on all fours and crawled off, begging them to let him alone, and he rolled himself up in his blanket and wallowed in under the old pine table, still a-begging; and then he went to crying.
Chpt 6wallowed = indulged in self-pity
Definition:
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(wallow as in: wallow in self-pity) to excessively give into a desire (indulge)
(This is often said of something negative such as self-pity when no attempt is made to move beyond it. But it is also sometimes said without negative connotation just to indicate that someone is enjoying a lot of something such as luxury or rest.)