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miry

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈmaɪ(ə)ɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪəɹi

1

adj

Meaning 1

Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

(of soil) soft and watery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the ground was boggy under foot
  • a marshy coastline
  • miry roads
  • wet mucky lowland
  • muddy barnyard
  • quaggy terrain
  • the sloughy edge of the pond
  • swampy bayous

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boggy, marshy, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English myry, equivalent to mire + -y.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: блатист (blatist) — boggy, marshy
  • German: sumpfig — boggy, marshy
  • German: schlammig — boggy, marshy
  • Irish: ceachrach — boggy, marshy
  • Irish: draoibeach — boggy, marshy
  • Irish: lábach — boggy, marshy
  • Irish: lábánach — boggy, marshy
  • Irish: broghach — boggy, marshy
  • Ottoman Turkish: باتاق (batak) — boggy, marshy