Miry

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪri/

Definitions of miry

adjective describing something that is covered or filled with mud or mire

Example Sentences

A1 The ground was miry after the rain.

A2 She struggled to walk through the miry path.

B1 The hikers had to navigate through the miry terrain carefully.

B2 The miry conditions made it difficult for vehicles to pass through.

C1 The miry swamp was a challenging obstacle for the expedition.

C2 The miry road proved to be impassable during the heavy downpour.

Examples of miry in a Sentence

formal The path through the forest was miry after the heavy rain.

informal I got my shoes all miry while walking through the muddy field.

slang I slipped and fell into the miry puddle, what a mess!

figurative Her mind felt miry with confusion as she tried to make sense of the situation.

Grammatical Forms of miry

• past tense: miried
• plural: miries
• comparative: mirier
• superlative: miriest
• present tense: mires
• future tense: will miry
• perfect tense: have miried
• continuous tense: am mirying
• singular: miry
• positive degree: miry
• infinitive: to miry
• gerund: mirying
• participle: miried

Origin and Evolution of miry

First Known Use: 1250 year

Language of Origin: Old English

Story behind the word: The word 'miry' originated from Middle English, derived from the Old English word 'myrge' meaning soft or muddy.

Evolution of the word: Over time, the word 'miry' has retained its original meaning of being soft or muddy, but has also come to be used figuratively to describe anything that is messy, difficult to navigate, or bogged down.