quagmire

quag·mire

 (kwăg′mīr′, kwŏg′-)

n.

1. Land with a soft muddy surface.

2. A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.

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quagmire

(ˈkwæɡˌmaɪə; ˈkwɒɡ-)

n

1. (Physical Geography) a soft wet area of land that gives way under the feet; bog

2. an awkward, complex, or embarrassing situation

[C16: from quag + mire]

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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.

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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 a political quagmire

2. bog, marsh, swamp, slough, fen, mire, morass, quicksand Overnight rain had turned the grass airstrip into a quagmire.

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quagmire

noun

1. 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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Translations

Zwickmühle

βάλτοςτέλμα

hetehetteikkösokkelosuoumpisolmu

maraismarécage

pantano

ぬかるみ沼地湿地窮地苦境

drijfzandmoeras

hengemyrkvikksandmyr

болототопьтрясина

quagmire

[ˈkwægmaɪəʳ] N → cenagal m, lodazal m (fig) → atolladero m, cenagal m

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quagmire

[ˈkwægmaɪə^r ˈkwɒgmaɪə^r] n

(lit) → bourbier m

(fig) → bourbier m

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quagmire

n → Sumpf m, → Morast m; (fig) (of vice etc) → Morast m; (= difficult situation) → Schlamassel m (inf); the paths were reduced to a quagmire → die Wege waren völlig aufgeweicht or matschig; he was bogged down in a quagmire of tiny details → er hatte sich in einem Wust von kleinen Einzelheiten festgebissen

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quagmire

[ˈkwægˌmaɪəʳ] n → pantano (fig) → caos m inv

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