mire
Wet, sucking earth
Mire is deep mud or swampy ground that traps whatever enters it: The wagon wheels sank into the mire.
To mire is to stick fast in such ground, or figuratively, to become entangled in difficulty: mired in debt, mired in controversy.
The word suggests something that holds you back and is hard to escape.
Waterlogged land with vegetation
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- fenLow marshy ground
- peatlandWetland with accumulated plant matter
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
morass · slough · moor · muskeg · quagmire · mudflat · saltmarsh · reedbed
Soft, wet ground
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
- morassSwampy, confusing situation
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
entanglement · complication · impasse · stalemate · gridlock · deadlock · logjam · bind
Walk slowly, heavily
- plodMove slowly, heavily
- slogLaborious persistent effort
- wadeWalk through impeding substance
- squelchForcibly silence or suppress
tramp · lumber · struggle · toil · labor · schlep · drudge · haul
Unable to move
- trappedUnable to escape
- boggedStuck in wetland
- ensnaredCaught by trickery
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
immobilized · snared · sinking · foundering · stranded · hampered · impeded · inextricable
swamp
Waterlogged land with vegetation
wetland · morass · slough · moor · muskeg · quagmire · mudflat · saltmarsh · reedbed · sedge
quagmire
Soft, wet ground
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
- morassSwampy, confusing situation
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
mess · entanglement · complication · impasse · stalemate · gridlock · deadlock · logjam · bind · pickle
trudge
Walk slowly, heavily
squelch · tramp · lumber · struggle · toil · labor · schlep · drudge · haul · grind
sludge
Semi-solid waste material
clay · silt · sediment · gunk · filth · squelch · splatter · wallow · caked · muddy
stuck
Unable to move
entangled · immobilized · snared · sinking · foundering · stranded · hampered · impeded · inextricable · quicksand
miresolid ground
Stable surface beneath
firm ground · bedrock · pavement · rock · dry land
mirefreedom
Absence of constraint
release · free · extricate · liberate · liberation
mirecleanliness
Absence of dirt
cleanness · purity · sanitize · spotlessness · purify
- wallow in the mireStay immersed in squalor