What is another word for miry?

Pronunciation: [mˈa͡ɪ͡əɹɪ] (IPA)

"Miry" is an adjective that refers to a condition or a state of being muddy, swampy, boggy, or generally wet and waterlogged. Some common synonyms for "miry" include mucky, sludgy, sodden, marshy, quaggy, mirky, damp, soggy, and boggy. Each of these words can be used to describe a wet or swampy area that is difficult to navigate or traverse. These words can also be used figuratively to refer to a situation that is difficult, messy, or complicated. For example, one might describe a political scandal as "mucky" or a legal dispute as "quaggy".

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What are the hypernyms for Miry?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for miry?

Miry refers to something that is wet, muddy or boggy. Some of the antonyms for the word miry are dry, firm, solid, compact, and stable. These words contrast the wet, unstable and muddy nature of miry. Dry implies the opposite of wet and suggests that there is no moisture present. Firm connotes sturdiness and stability, while solid refers to a substance that is not liquid or gas. Compact implies something that is densely packed while stable suggests something that is not likely to move or collapse. These antonyms of miry can help to convey different meanings in different contexts.

What are the antonyms for Miry?

Usage examples for Miry

They started, but had not moved far along the miry road before she spoke again.
"The Castle Inn"
Stanley John Weyman
We may in truth say, Our Heavenly Father has plucked our feet out of a horrible pit and out of the miry clay, and set them upon a rock, and put a new song into our mouth, even praise to his glorious name.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley
It is a painful spectacle; how different, how strangely altered, from the upright frame and the swift stride that struggled through the miry lane, perhaps even then bearing the seeds of disease imbibed in some foul village den, where duty called him!
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies

Famous quotes with Miry

  • Primroses; salutations; the miry skull of a half-eaten ram; vicious wonds in earth opening. What seraphs are afoot.
    Geoffrey Hill

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