mo ‧ rass /məˈræs/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Dutch ; Origin: moeras , from Old French maresc ]
1 . [singular] a complicated and confusing situation that is very difficult to get out of:
We’re trying to drag the country out of its economic morass.
morass of
They were stuck in a morass of paperwork.
2 . [countable] literary a dangerous area of soft wet ground SYN marsh