quagmire

quag·mire

Q0011000 (kwăg′mīr′, kwŏg′-)n.1. Land with a soft muddy surface.2. A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.

quagmire

(ˈkwæɡˌmaɪə; ˈkwɒɡ-) n1. (Physical Geography) a soft wet area of land that gives way under the feet; bog2. an awkward, complex, or embarrassing situation[C16: from quag + mire]

quag•mire

(ˈkwægˌmaɪ^ər, ˈkwɒg-)

n. 1. an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog. 2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult. [1570–80] quag′mir′y, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

quagmire - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfootmire, morass, quag, slackbog, peat bog - wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

quagmire

noun1. predicament, difficulty, quandary, pass, fix (informal), jam (informal), dilemma, pinch, plight, scrape (informal), muddle, pickle (informal), impasse, entanglement, imbroglio a political quagmire2. bog, marsh, swamp, slough, fen, mire, morass, quicksand Overnight rain had turned the grass airstrip into a quagmire.

quagmire

noun1. A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water:bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, slough, swamp, swampland, wetland.2. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition:box, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight, predicament, scrape, soup, trouble.Informal: bind, pickle, spot.

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