quagmire
an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness.
anything soft or flabby.
Origin of quagmire
1Other words for quagmire
Other words from quagmire
- quagmiry, adjective
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How to use quagmire in a sentence
With its aid they laid a wooden pathway to victory across one of the most hideous loblollies in the flooded quagmires of Flanders.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. CobbAs the summer wind stirs one tussock after another, so she stepped onward between the slimy ponds and deadly quagmires.
Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book | Edmund DulacBut there is no crossing of the Mutzel, there is only drowning in the quagmires there:—death any way; what can be done but die?
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleKushkanong is six or eight miles in diameter, with some swamps and quagmires in its vicinity.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. PeckThe soft roads became little better than quagmires for it had rained during a part of the day.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for quagmire
/ (ˈkwæɡˌmaɪə, ˈkwɒɡ-) /
a soft wet area of land that gives way under the feet; bog
an awkward, complex, or embarrassing situation
Origin of quagmire
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