Definitions:

1. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from noun
   • the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire verb
   • The mud mired our cart
3. entrap verb
   • Our people should not be mired in the past

Synonyms:

• bog down
• entangle
• get stuck
• grind to a halt
• mud
• slack
• slop

NearBy Words:

• mired