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Miry

/ˈmaɪ(ə)ɹi/

Relating to a mire; swampy, boggy.

📖 Definitions of "Miry"

adjective

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
wetnoun	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
boggy	Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
muddyverb	Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
swampy	Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
sloughy	Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
marshy	Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
mucky	(colloquial) Covered in muck.
quaggynoun	Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
swampy	Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
quaggynoun	Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
sloughy	Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
marshy	Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
boggynoun	Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
muddy	Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
wet	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
mucky	(colloquial) Covered in muck.
mireynoun	Alternative form of miry. [Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.]
moorynoun	Alternative form of mooree (“kind of cotton cloth”). [(obsolete) A kind of cotton cloth from India.]
muddish	Resembling or characteristic of mud.
swamplikenoun	Resembling or characteristic of a swamp.
boglikenoun	Resembling or characteristic of a bog.
mirishnoun	miry; boggy
marshlikenoun	Resembling or characteristic of a marsh.
quagmirish	Resembling or characteristic of a quagmire.
moundynoun	Resembling, characteristic of, or covered with mounds.
swampish	Swampy.
moatlikenoun	Resembling or characteristic of a moat.
deep	(of distance or position; also figurative) Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.