miring
Sinking in mud
Miring is sinking or getting stuck in soft, wet ground—mud, bog, or marsh.
The word extends to any situation where progress becomes difficult or impossible: The project was miring in bureaucratic delays.
To mire something is to cause it to become stuck: Heavy rains mired the troops in mud.
The participle appears often in passive constructions: mired in debt, mired in controversy.
Acidic peat wetland
Obstructed or slowed
- hamperedObstructed or restricted
- obstructedBlocked from proceeding
- stymiedBlocked from progressing
- encumberedMade difficult to move
hindered · constrained · burdened · overwhelmed · inhibited · slowed · delayed · frustrated
bog
Acidic peat wetland
fen · moor · swamp · sludge · muck · mud · ooze · silt · peat · morass
impeded
Obstructed or slowed
- hamperedObstructed or restricted
- obstructedBlocked from proceeding
- stymiedBlocked from progressing
encumbered · hindered · constrained · burdened · overwhelmed · inhibited · slowed · delayed · frustrated · blocked
bogged
Stuck in wetland
marooned · stranded · immobilized · anchored · weighted · paralyzed · quicksand · entrenched · stalled · foundering
ensnared
Caught by trickery
confined · captive · restrained · bound · enmeshed · netted · trammelled · shackled · fettered · pinioned
miringfreeing
Releasing from confinement
liberating · extricating · releasing · rescuing · unsticking
miringexpediting
Making progress faster
facilitating · advancing · enabling · accelerating · propelling
miringfreeing
Releasing from confinement
liberating · extricating · disentangling · releasing · unshackling