quagmire (redirected from quagmires)

quag·mire  (kwgmr, kwg-)

n.

1. Land with a soft muddy surface.

2. A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.

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quagmire [kwog-mire]

Noun

a soft wet area of land that gives way under the feet; bog [from quag bog + mire]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

noun 1. predicament, difficulty, quandary, pass, fix (informal) jam (informal) dilemma, pinch, plight, scrape (informal) muddle, pickle (informal) impasse, entanglement, imbroglio

noun 2. bog, marsh, swamp, slough, fen, mire, morass, quicksand, muskeg Canad.

Translations

quagmire [ˈkwægmaɪəʳ] n → lodazal m; cenegal m

quagmire [ˈkwægmaɪəʳ] n → bourbier m

quagmire [ˈkwægmaɪəʳ] n (also fig) → Sumpf m

quagmire [ˈkwægmaɪəʳ] n → pantano