n. 1 swamp, bog, fen, marsh, quagmire, morass, slough, Brit dialect sump The horse stumbled into the mire and began to flounder 2 mud, ooze, muck, slime, dirt I had to wade through muck and mire to get to your front door
v. 3 enmire, bog down, become entangled or tangled, become enmeshed or meshed, become involved Sorry I'm late; I got mired in a problem at the office 4 dirty, soil, begrime, muddy, befoul, besmirch, sully, tarnish, smear, blacken, defile, smudge My boots were badly mired The scandal badly mired his reputation.