QUAGMIRE


Meaning of QUAGMIRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kwægmaɪə(r) ]

( quagmires)

1.

A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from.

His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion...

N-COUNT : usu sing with supp

2.

A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it.

Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.

N-COUNT : usu sing

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