Mire

/ˈmaɪɚ/

Synonyms for "mire" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(8 words)

morass quagmirebecome stuckbogbog typebogging bogs cesspools

adhere baygall befoul begrime bemire bemud besmirch besmoke blacken bogbog downbottom bottomland bottomsbuffalo wallowcesspool clay cleave cling cloaca

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cloaca maxima

Verb(1 words)

bog down

Adjective(1 words)

boggy ground

Strong matches (46)

cohere decelerate defile delay detain dirt dirtydirty updrain dump dust embroil enmesh ensnare entangle entrap everglade fen fenlandgarbage dump

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glade glop grime gumbo gunkhang uphinderhog wallowholm implicate involve marais marish marsh marshland meadow mere

Noun(6 words)

embroil ensnare entangle immobilize involve marsh

Verb(3 words)

entangleget stuckgrind to a halt

Related words (77)

moor moorland morass moss muckmuck upmudmud flatmuddy oozepeat bogpurgatory quag quagmire quicksand retardsalt marshscumseptic tankset back

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sewer sinksink inslab slacken slime slip slobslob landslop slosh slouch sloughslow downsludge slush smear smoke smudge snare soil soot sough splosh squash stick stodge sully sump swale swamp swampland swill taiga tangle tarnish trap wallow wash

Noun(15 words)

morassesmossy bogmucks muddiness peatland quag quagmires sink slack slask slop sloughs swamp trap welter

Verb(3 words)

muckmuck upmud

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

26 entries

begrime bemire bog clay colly delay difficultness difficulty dirty ecosystem forbid foreclose forestallgeographical featuregrime hindrance

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More specific

7 entries

bog embroil fen marsh morass quagmire swamp

Collocations

12 entries

boggy miremire in bureaucracymire in controversymire in mudmire of bureaucracymire the projectmire the wheelsmired in mudmorass of detailsmuddy mirequagmire of eventssticky mire

Inflections

3 entries

mired mires miring

Derivations

3 entries

miring miryto mire

similar

3 entries

bog downget stuckgrind to a halt

Translations

3 translations across 1 languages.

Spanish

3 entries

atollar verb (figurative)
empantanar verb (figurative)
envolver verb (figurative)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

“That is the great Grimpen Mire,” said he. “A false step yonder means death to man or beast. Only yesterday I saw one of the moor ponies wander into it. He never came out. I saw his head for quite a long time craning out of the bog-hole, but it sucked him down at last. "

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Heavenly ire / ne'er sent a pest more loathsome; ne'er were seen / worse plagues to issue from the Stygian mire.

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This is what the vox populi reports: he who stirs up the mire brings the mud to the surface.

Source: tatoeba (10665896)

His laden feet sand and stuck in mire; he was bedaubed with the blue-gray clay from head to foot; but he had escaped the deadly river!

Source: wiktionary

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