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- pronunciation:
- kwaeg
maIr
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
wet, soft, sucking ground; marsh; bog.
The fallen tree was soon absorbed by the quagmire.The hunters took care to skirt around the quagmire.- synonyms:
- bog, fen, marsh, mire, morass, swamp
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| definition 2: |
an unpleasant situation that is difficult to escape.
The country had gotten itself into a quagmire with this apparently unwinnable war.- synonyms:
- dilemma, predicament
- similar words:
- bind, mire
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| related words: |
fix, morass, ooze, predicament |
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| derivation: |
quagmiry (adj.) |
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