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Quagmire definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAG'MIRE, n. [that is, quake-mire.] Soft wet land, which has a surface firm enough to bear a person, but which shakes or yields under the feet.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1580 1. soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot 2. a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position ; predicament

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a soft boggy or marshy area that gives way underfoot. 2 a hazardous or awkward situation. Etymology: QUAG + MIRE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Syn: Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(quagmires) 1. A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion... N-COUNT: usu sing with supp 2. A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it. Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire. N-COUNT: usu sing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Bog, fen, slough, morass, marsh, swamp.

Moby Thesaurus

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