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mire

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mire / maɪə $ maɪr / noun [ uncountable ] literary

1 deep mud :

The wheels got stuck in the mire.

2 the mire a bad or difficult situation that you cannot seem to escape from SYN quagmire :

The Party sank deeper into the mire of conflict.

3 drag sb’s name through the mire to say bad things about someone in public, so that other people have a bad opinion of them

Front	mire
Back	mire / maɪə $ maɪr / noun [ uncountable ] literary 1 deep mud : The wheels got stuck in the mire. 2 the mire a bad or difficult situation that you cannot seem to escape from SYN quagmire : The Party sank deeper into the mire of conflict. 3 drag sb’s name through the mire to say bad things about someone in public, so that other people have a bad opinion of them

Mire Bad Maɪə Maɪr Noun Uncountable Literary Deep