Mire

usgb/ˈmaɪər/Volume
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Use 'mire' to describe actual wet or muddy areas, often in nature or the outdoors. SlideThe meadow turned into a mire after the heavy rain.
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'Mire' often creates imagery of being trapped or slowed down, physically. SlideAfter the flood, their backyard was a mire that trapped their shoes.