Main entry: quag, quagmire, slack, mire, morass
Definition: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Main entry: mire
Definition: a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
Usage: the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president; caught in the mire of poverty
Definition: deep soft mud in water or slush
Usage: they waded through the slop
Main entry: muck, muck up, mud, mire
Definition: soil with mud, muck, or mire
Usage: The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
Main entry: grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire
Definition: be unable to move further
Usage: The car bogged down in the sand
Definition: cause to get stuck as if in a mire
Usage: The mud mired our cart
Definition: entrap
Usage: Our people should not be mired in the past