wallow

/ˈwɑl·oʊ/ v [I]

Definition

› (esp. of animals) to lie or roll about slowly in deep, wet earth, sand, or water: The pig wallowed in the mud. › fig. To wallow in an emotion or situation is to stay in that state without trying to change: He was not a fellow to shed tears, or wallow in self-pity.

(Definition of wallow v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)