mire

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mire

The car was mired in deep mud on the forest road.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A difficult or embarrassing situation that is hard to escape from: "Mire" can refer to a complex, troublesome, or degrading predicament.
    • Deep, soft, wet mud or slush: "Mire" also refers to a stretch of swampy, waterlogged ground or thick, deep mud.

  2. Verb:

    • To soil or dirty with mud or muck: The basic meaning, to cover or stain with wet dirt.
    • To cause to get stuck, as if in mud; to hamper or entangle: To involve someone or something in difficulties or complications that impede progress.
    • To become stuck or bogged down: To be unable to move forward, either physically or figuratively.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The country is trying to climb out of the economic mire. (The country is trying to escape the difficult economic situation.)
    • The tractor was stuck in the deep mire. (The tractor was stuck in the deep mud.)

  • Verb:

    • His boots were mired with mud after the hike. (His boots were dirtied with mud after the hike.)
    • The company became mired in legal disputes. (The company became entangled in legal disputes.)
    • The negotiations have mired in endless debates. (The negotiations have become stuck in endless debates.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to be mired in": to be deeply involved in a difficult or unpleasant situation.
    • The administration is mired in scandal. (The administration is deeply involved in scandal.)
  • "to drag someone/something through the mire": to publicly criticize or disgrace someone/something.
    • The scandal dragged the politician's name through the mire. (The scandal publicly disgraced the politician's name.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Miry (adj): Full of or resembling mire; muddy.
    • The path was miry after the rain. (The path was muddy after the rain.)
  • Quagmire (n): A soft boggy area of land; a complex or difficult situation.
    • The war turned into a political quagmire. (The war turned into a difficult political situation.)
Synonyms
  • Noun (situation): Quagmire, morass, predicament, difficulty.
  • Noun (mud): Mud, sludge, slush, bog, marsh.
  • Verb (to dirty): Soil, muddy, begrime.
  • Verb (to entangle): Entangle, ensnare, bog down, embroil.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
  • Mire down: (Often used in passive voice as "get/become mired down") to become so involved in details or difficulties that progress stops.
    • Don't get mired down in bureaucracy. (Don't become so entangled in bureaucracy that you can't proceed.)
Related Idioms
  • "Stuck in the mire": Trapped in a difficult situation with no easy way out.
    • Without new investment, the project is stuck in the mire. (Without new investment, the project is trapped in a difficult situation.)
mire

The car was mired in deep mud on the forest road.

Noun
  1. 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
  2. deep soft mud in water or slush
    • they waded through the slop
  3. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Verb
  1. soil with mud, muck, or mire
    • The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
  2. be unable to move further
    • The car bogged down in the sand
  3. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
    • The mud mired our cart
  4. entrap
    • Our people should not be mired in the past

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