mires

Noun

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• deep soft mud in water or slush
• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
• plural of mire

Verb

• entrap
• cause to get stuck as if in a mire
• be unable to move further
• soil with mud, muck, or mire
• third-person singular simple present indicative of mire

Synonyms

bog down, entangle, get stuck, grind to a halt, mire, morass, muck, muck up, mud, quag, quagmire, slack, slop