bogged down

Making no progress

To be bogged down is to be stuck or slowed, unable to make progress.

The image is of feet sinking into a bog—wet, spongy ground that traps whatever enters it.

The phrase usually describes projects, processes, or people hindered by obstacles: The negotiations got bogged down over minor details.

We're bogged down in paperwork.

stalled

stuck

Unable to move

delayedMade to wait longer
hinderedSlowed or obstructed
impededObstructed or slowed

halted · obstructed · gridlocked · deadlocked · slowed · hampered · blocked · derailed · sidetracked · stalemated

mired

quagmire

Soft, wet ground

morassSwampy, confusing situation
swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
marshGrassy waterlogged lowland

mud · muck · sludge · ooze · wetland · fen · waterlogged · soggy · peat · marshland

overwhelmed

swamped

Overwhelmed beyond capacity

inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
overloadedBurdened past capacity
snowed underOverwhelmed by obligations

besieged · deluged · engulfed · bombarded · burdened · encumbered · overrun · buried · flooded · saturated

Categories

burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight
slow thingssnail, tortoise, turtle, sloth, molasses
overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
stillnessstillness, motionless, motionlessness, immobility, unmoving
burdenedburdened, laden, loaded, overburdened, overloaded
Overloadedpacked, stuffed, crammed, jammed, full

Opposites

movement/progress

bogged downmoving forward

Continuing toward a goal

advancing · progressing · on track · forging ahead · steaming ahead

efficiency/flow

bogged downflowing freely

streamlined · efficient · unimpeded · unobstructed · smooth sailing

physical entrapment

bogged downfree

Without payment or restriction

unstuck · extricated · liberated · mobile · on solid ground

Family

down, bog, boggy, bogs, bogged, bogging, bogginess, boggling, boggles

Familiarity: Top 50,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G