'Morass' definitions:
Definition of 'morass'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Morass'
From: GCIDE
- Morass \Mo*rass"\, n. [OE. marras, mareis (perh. through D. moeras), fr. F. marais, prob. from L. mare sea, in LL., any body of water; but perh. influenced by some German word. See Mere a lake, and cf. Marsh.] A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. [1913 Webster]
- Morass ore. (Min.) See Bog ore, under Bog. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'morass'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anarchy,
- baygall,
- bind,
- bog,
- bottom,
- bottomland,
- bottoms,
- buffalo wallow,
- chaos,
- clutch,
- complication,
- confusion,
- crunch,
- dunghill,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- entanglement,
- everglade,
- fabulous formless darkness,
- fen,
- fenland,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- foul-up,
- glade,
- hassle,
- hell to pay,
- hobble,
- hog wallow,
- holm,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- imbroglio,
- jam,
- jungle,
- knot,
- labyrinth,
- license,
- marais,
- marish,
- marsh,
- marshland,
- meadow,
- mere,
- mesh,
- mess,
- mire,
- misrule,
- mix,
- mix-up,
- moor,
- moorland,
- moss,
- mud,
- mud flat,
- muddle,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- peat bog,
- pickle,
- pinch,
- plight,
- predicament,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- quag,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- salt marsh,
- scrape,
- screw-up,
- skein,
- slob land,
- slough,
- snafu,
- snarl,
- sough,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- strait,
- straits,
- sump,
- swale,
- swamp,
- swampland,
- taiga,
- tangle,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- tricky spot,
- unholy mess,
- view,
- wallow,
- wash,
- web