— quagmiry , adj.
/kwag"muyeur', kwog"-/ , 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: a quagmire of financial indebtedness.
3. anything soft or flabby.
[ 1570-80; QUAG + MIRE ]
Syn. 2. predicament, dilemma, quandary, scrape, jam.