Quagmire

noun

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounA swampy, soggy area of ground.

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

2.nounA perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

"The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy."

3.verbTo embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

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