quagmire

quagmire
n
1. bog, fen, marsh, swamp, quag, morass, Archaic. marish; slough, wash, squash, wallow, Brit. sough, Brit. Dial. sump, Scot. moss; mire, quicksand, ooze, mud, muck, sludge; moor, peatbog, flat, mudflat, everglade; swampland, marshland, fen-land, forest swamp; bottomland, slobland, moorland.
2. imbroglio, stalemate, checkmate; impasse, cul-de-sac, corner, blind corner; dilemma, quandary, perplexity, intricacy, involvement; meshes, pass, strait, crisis, juncture; muddle, mess, pinch, Sl. stew, Sl. pickle, Sl. jam; Inf. scrape, hot water, nonplus, deadlock.

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