mire
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Synonyms for mire
mess
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- mess
- trouble
- difficulty
- emergency
- jam
- plight
- straits
- hot water
- predicament
- tight spot or corner
in the mire
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- in trouble
- entangled
- in difficulties
- encumbered
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Synonyms for mire
a usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water
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Synonyms for mire
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
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cause to get stuck as if in a mire
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be unable to move further
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