Meaning

1 senses

  1. (derogatory)To engage in self-indulgent introspection.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Back-formation from navel-gazing.

Back-formation from navel-gazing.

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Forms

navel-gazes, navel-gazing, navel-gazed, navel-gazed
Base formnavel-gaze · to navel-gaze
3rd person singularnavel-gazes
Present participlenavel-gazing
Past simplenavel-gazed
Past participlenavel-gazed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynavel-gaze
he, she, itnavel-gazes

Past simpleLesson

all personsnavel-gazed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave navel-gazed
he, she, ithas navel-gazed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill navel-gaze

Word family

1 related words
Derivednavel-gazey

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
navalB2navenavelnavigablenavigateB2navigationB2navigator
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