Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mire

3 senses of mire

Sense 1
mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack -- (a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot)
       => bog, peat bog -- (wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel)

Sense 2
slop, mire -- (deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop")
       => mud, clay -- (water soaked soil; soft wet earth)

Sense 3
mire -- (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")
       => difficulty -- (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mire

4 senses of mire

Sense 1
entangle, mire -- (entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past")
       => involve -- (engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!")

Sense 2
mire, bog down -- (cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart")

Sense 3
grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire -- (be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand")
       => stand still -- (remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by")

Sense 4
mire, muck, mud, muck up -- (soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden")
       => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -- (make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!")