an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.

a hole full of mire, as in a road.

Also, slew , slue. Northern U.S. and Canadian . a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or the like.

a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness.

noun

bog , fen , marsh , marshland , mire , morass , muskeg , quag , quagmire , swampland , wetland

verb

exuviate , molt , throw off