quagmire

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈkwæɡ.maɪəɹ/

Noun

quagmire (plural quagmires)

1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.

   That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers' boots

   Synonyms: marsh, marshland, mire, quag

2. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

   The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.

   Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union

Translations

• French: bourbier, marais, marécage
• German: Sumpf, Morast, Morastboden, Sumpfboden
• Italian: pantano
• Portuguese: pântano, charco, brejo, paul
• Russian: боло́то
• Spanish: pantano, ciénaga, tremedal, cenagal, barrizal, lamedal

Translations

• French: bourbier
• German: Zwickmühle
• Portuguese: confusão
• Russian: тряси́на
• Spanish: dilema, apuro

Verb

quagmire (quagmires, present participle quagmiring; past and past participle quagmired)

1. (transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

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