QUAGMIRE


Meaning of QUAGMIRE in English

n. 25B6; noun

the field became a quagmire : SWAMP, morass, bog, marsh, mire, slough; archaic quag.

a judicial quagmire : MUDDLE, mix-up, mess, predicament, mare's nest, quandary, tangle, imbroglio; trouble, confusion, difficulty; informal sticky situation, pickle, stew, dilemma, fix, bind.

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