morass

mo·rass  (m-rs, mô-)

n.

1. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.

2. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms: a morass of detail.

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[Dutch moeras, from Middle Dutch maras, from Old French mareis, probably of Germanic origin; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]

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morass

Noun

1. a tract of swampy low-lying land

2. a disordered, confusing, or muddled state of affairs [Old French marais marsh]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

morass - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot mire, quag, quagmire, slack bog, 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

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morass

noun 1. mess, confusion, chaos, jam (informal) tangle, mix-up, muddle, quagmire

noun 2. marsh, swamp, bog, slough, fen, moss Scot., Northern English (dialect) quagmire, marshland, muskeg Canad.

Translations

morass [məˈræs] n → pantano

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morass [məˈræs] n → marais m, marécage m

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morass [məˈræs] n → Morast m, Sumpf m, Sumpf m (also fig)

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morass [məˈræs] n → palude f; pantano