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| Main Entry: |
mire
[mahyuhr]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, catch up in |
| Synonyms: | bog down, cling, decelerate, detain, dirty, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, flounder, hang up, implicate, involve, retard, set back, sink, slow down, slow up, snare, soil, stick, tangle, trap |
| Main Entry: | embroil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in dispute; complicate |
| Synonyms: | cause trouble, compromise, confound, confuse, derange, disorder, disturb, disunite, encumber, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, implicate, incriminate, involve, mire, mix up, muddle, perplex, snarl, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | exclude, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | implicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply, involve |
| Synonyms: | accuse, affect, associate, blame, charge, cite, compromise, concern, connect, embroil, entangle, frame, hint, impute, include, incriminate, inculpate, insinuate, lay at one's door, link, mean, mire, name, pin on, point finger at, relate, stigmatize, suggest, tangle* |
| Antonyms: | defend, pardon, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | involve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw in; include |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up, necessitate, number, point to, preoccupy, presuppose, prove, relate, require, rivet, rope in, snarl up, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, wrap up in |
| Antonyms: | exclude, free, remove |
| Main Entry: | retard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt, check, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hang up, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall, take down |
| Antonyms: | advance, help, push |
| Main Entry: | set back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hinder |
| Synonyms: | bog down, decelerate, defeat, detain, embog, hang up, hold up, impede, mire, retard, reverse, slow, slow down, slow up |
| Antonyms: | advance, forward |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, anchor it, back-water, bog down, brake, check, choke, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decelerate, decrease, detain, diminish, ease off, ease up, embog, handicap, hinder, hit the brakes, hold back, hold up, impede, keep waiting, lag, lessen, let down flaps, loiter, lose speed, lose steam, mire, moderate, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reduce, reduce speed, reef, regulate, rein in, relax, retard, retardate, set back, slacken, stall, stunt, temper, wind down |
| Antonyms: | advance, forward, push |
| Main Entry: | bemire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muddy |
| Synonyms: | begrime, dirty, grime, mire, muck, slush, soil |
| Main Entry: | embrangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embroil |
| Synonyms: | bog down, catch up, ensnare, entangle, implicate, involve, mire, snarl, trouble |
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