mire
4
7.4
- noun
- /maɪər/
:
lodazal
- The hikers found themselves trapped in a deep mire, making it impossible to continue their journey.
- sinking into the mire
- mud and mire
- muck and mire
Examples
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That rain had fallen all day, making the ground a thick and treacherous mire, the rocks slick and dangerous.
Fiction book (1992) -
Water ran down the walls in rivulets, turning the floor into a mire.
Fiction book (1992) -
And if he has to walk in the mire...
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I sink in deep mire where there is no standing.
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Now, without his powers, it was sinking into the mire.
Fiction book (1991) -
She got bogged down in a mire about a mile from here.
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Jocko struggled, settling even deeper into the mire until he was up to his waist.
Fiction book (1994) -
The creature sank no farther; evidently, it was standing under all that mire.
Fiction book (1990) -
Shedwyn kept pushing, sensing the mud soften and the hard hooves of the horses sinking deeper into the growing mire.
Fiction book (1991) -
After the heavy rains, the path became a treacherous mire that was hard to cross.
Synonyms
3
4.7
Deep soft mud that makes walking difficult
2
8.5
Soft wet ground that gives way under your feet
1
9.7
Soft wet ground that is hard to walk on
A soft, wet area of ground that sinks when you walk on it
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Etymology
Mire comes from old Germanic words like myre and myrr, which mean 'marsh' or 'bog', and is related to the English word moor; so a mire is wet, soft ground that can trap you and is hard to walk through.