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

Synonym(s): quagmire, quag, morass, slack

Hypernym(s): bog, peat_bog

· deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop"

Synonym(s): slop

Hypernym(s): mud, clay

· 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"

Hypernym(s): difficulty

· entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"

Synonym(s): entangle

Hypernym(s): involve

· cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

Synonym(s): bog_down

· be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"

Synonym(s): grind_to_a_halt, get_stuck, bog_down

Hypernym(s): stand_still

· soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

Synonym(s): muck, mud, muck_up

Hypernym(s): dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire