quagmire[noun]Synonyms: bog, fen, marsh, mire, morass, quicksand, slough, swamp
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quag‧mire /ˈkwæɡmaɪə, ˈkwɒɡ- $ ˈkwæɡmaɪr/
noun [countable usually singular][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: quag 'soft wet ground' (16-20 centuries) (perhaps from quag 'to shake' (17-19 centuries)) + mire]
1. an area of soft wet muddy ground:
In the rainy season the roads become a quagmire.2. a difficult or complicated situation:
The Balkan situation became a political and military quagmire. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲