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- pronunciation:
- m
raes
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an area of soft wet ground such as a swamp or bog.
- synonyms:
- bog, fen, marsh, mire, ooze, quagmire, slough, swamp
- similar words:
- flood plain, moor, mud, wallow, wetland
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| definition 2: |
something that hinders passage or engulfs an unwary person.
He'd accepted these enticing credit offers and now he was caught in a morass of debt.- synonyms:
- mire
- similar words:
- quagmire, tangle
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| related words: |
labyrinth, toil |
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