'Quagmire' definitions:
Definition of 'quagmire'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Quagmire'
From: GCIDE
- Quagmire \Quag"mire`\, n. [Quake + mire.] Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. "A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access." --Palfrey. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough. [1913 Webster] Quahog
Synonyms of 'quagmire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baygall,
- bind,
- bog,
- bottom,
- bottomland,
- bottoms,
- box,
- buffalo wallow,
- cesspool,
- cloaca,
- cloaca maxima,
- clutch,
- complication,
- corner,
- crunch,
- dilemma,
- drain,
- dump,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- everglade,
- fen,
- fenland,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- fix,
- garbage dump,
- glade,
- hell to pay,
- hobble,
- hog wallow,
- hole,
- holm,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- imbroglio,
- jam,
- marais,
- marish,
- marsh,
- marshland,
- meadow,
- mere,
- mess,
- mire,
- mix,
- moor,
- moorland,
- morass,
- moss,
- mud,
- mud flat,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- peat bog,
- pickle,
- pinch,
- plight,
- predicament,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- quag,
- quicksand,
- salt marsh,
- scrape,
- septic tank,
- sewer,
- sink,
- slob land,
- slough,
- sough,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- strait,
- straits,
- sump,
- swale,
- swamp,
- swampland,
- taiga,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- tricky spot,
- unholy mess,
- wallow,
- wash