Synonyms for mire
maɪərmire

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slacknoun

   a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

   Synonyms:
   quag, slackness, falloff, slop, slack, falling off, slack water, morass, slump, drop-off, quagmire

2. slop, mirenoun

   deep soft mud in water or slush

   "they waded through the slop"

   Synonyms:
   glop, swill, treacle, slops, slack, morass, quag, slop, quagmire, pigswill, pigwash, mush

3. mireverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   quag, morass, slop, slack, quagmire

4. entangle, mireverb

   entrap

   "Our people should not be mired in the past"

   Synonyms:
   mat, muck, mud, muck up, tangle, entangle, grind to a halt, get stuck, snarl, bog down

5. mire, bog downverb

   cause to get stuck as if in a mire

   "The mud mired our cart"

   Synonyms:
   bog down, muck, mud, entangle, grind to a halt, get stuck, bog, muck up

6. grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mireverb

   be unable to move further

   "The car bogged down in the sand"

   Synonyms:
   bog down, muck, bog, entangle, grind to a halt, get stuck, mud, muck up

7. mire, muck, mud, muck upverb

   soil with mud, muck, or mire

   "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

   Synonyms:
   entangle, spoil, bobble, bungle, bollocks, fluff, muck, bollix, mishandle, bollocks up, screw up, foul up, louse up, bodge, flub, grind to a halt, fumble, botch up, bog down, ball up, get stuck, mess up, blow, bollix up, botch, manure, muck up, bumble, mud, muff

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. mirenoun

   Synonyms:
   mud, ooze, slime

2. mireverb

   Synonyms:
   sink in mud

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mirenoun

   Synonyms:
   slough, ooze, mud, slime

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mire":

   quagmire, morass, bog, peatland, swamp, mud, sludge, loam

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How to use mire in a sentence?

1. Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre:

   This started about midnight in Livingston Parish ' where this Matthew Mire shot two people. Then he traveled over to Ascension Parish where he shot two more. One succumbed to her injuries.

2. Vincent Van Gogh:

   Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.”

3. Douglas Adams, The Guardian:

   The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he, by peddling second-rate technology, who led them into it in the first place.

4. Chris CornellIncredibly:

   I was very lucky I was able to see that and not take it for granted. It helped me climb out of the mire. I saw how hard it could be.

5. Raul E. Sanchez:

   Mire Hacia Las Estrellas. Look At The Stars.