mires

verb

Causes someone or something to become stuck in mud or a difficult situation.

"Bureaucracy often mires new projects."

noun

Expanses of deep, soft mud or boggy ground, often difficult to cross.

"The hikers avoided the treacherous mires."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: mire, slop, get stuck, bog down, grind to a halt, entangle, mud, muck up, muck, quagmire, morass, quag