Mire

noun
maɪər

Noun

  • a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

    “the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president”

    “caught in the mire of poverty”

    Type of:Difficulty

  • a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

    Similar:MorassQuagQuagmireSlack
    Type of:Bog

  • deep soft mud in water or slush

    Similar:Slop
    Type of:ClayMud

Verb

  • entrap

    “Our people should not be mired in the past”

    Similar:Entangle
    Type of:Involve

  • cause to get stuck as if in a mire

    “The mud mired our cart”

  • be unable to move further

  • soil with mud, muck, or mire

    Similar:MuckMud
    Type of:CollyDirtyBegrime

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