QUAGMIRE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for QUAGMIRE?

Need another word that means the same as “quagmire”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “quagmire” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Quagmire” are: mire, morass, quag, slack, swamp, bog, peat bog, marsh, marshland, fen, slough, quicksand, muddle, mix-up, mess, predicament, unfortunate situation, mare's nest, quandary, entanglement, tangle, jumble, imbroglio

Quagmire as a Noun

Definitions of "Quagmire" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “quagmire” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.
• A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
• A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.

Synonyms of "Quagmire" as a noun (23 Words)

bog	Wetland with acid peaty soil, typically dominated by peat moss. The island is a wilderness of bog and loch.
entanglement	The action or fact of entangling or being entangled. Many dolphins die from entanglement in fishing nets.
fen	100 fen equal 1 yuan in China. 55 acres of fen.
imbroglio	A confused heap. The abdication imbroglio of 1936.
jumble	Articles collected for a jumble sale. The books were in a chaotic jumble.
mare's nest	A kind of gun emplacement.
marsh	Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. Marsh plants.
marshland	Land consisting of marshes. Acres of meadows and marshlands.
mess	A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel. Big time outfits that do a mess of printing.
mire	A stretch of swampy or boggy ground. The country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president.
mix-up	A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
morass	A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. She would become lost in a morass of lies and explanations.
muddle	A confused multitude of things. She was able to cut through confusion and muddle.
peat bog	Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried.
predicament	A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation. The club s financial predicament.
quag	A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
quandary	A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. A legal quandary.
quicksand	A treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy. John found himself sinking fast in financial quicksand.
slack	Casual trousers. He put on a grey shirt and loose cotton slacks.
slough	A hollow filled with mud. The economic slough of the interwar years.
swamp	Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog. The ceaseless deluge had turned the lawn into a swamp.
tangle	A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven. The home team s defence got into an awful tangle.
unfortunate situation	A person who suffers misfortune.

Usage Examples of "Quagmire" as a noun

• Torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire.
• A legal quagmire.

Associations of "Quagmire" (30 Words)

arroyo	A steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the south-western US.
bog	Get stuck while doing something. A peat bog.
canyon	A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall. The Grand Canyon.
clay	A hardened clay surface for a tennis court. A clay tile.
cypress	Wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus.
damp	Damp air or atmosphere. A damped suspension that isolates the chassis from external vibration.
dank	Unpleasantly cool and humid. A dank cellar.
delta	A code word representing the letter D, used in radio communication. Delta hepatitis.
humid	Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere. A hot and humid day.
impassable	Impossible to travel along or over. The narrow channels are impassable to ocean going ships.
jungle	An area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics. The lakes are hidden in dense jungle.
mangrove	A tidal swamp which is dominated by mangroves.
marsh	Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. Patches of marsh.
marshland	Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. Thousands of acres of marshland.
marshy	(of soil) soft and watery. The marshy ground towards the sea.
mire	Soil with mud muck or mire. Caught in the mire of poverty.
morass	An area of muddy or boggy ground. She would become lost in a morass of lies and explanations.
mud	Plaster with mud. Mud huts.
muddy	Cause to become muddy. Muddy coffee.
mudslide	A landslide of mud.
quicksand	A treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy. John found himself sinking fast in financial quicksand.
riparian	Relating to wetlands adjacent to rivers and streams. The ranch s most expansive riparian habitat.
slough	A stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou. The economic slough of the interwar years.
sludge	An unattractive muddy shade of brown or green. The dumping of sewage sludge.
soggy	Dull and lifeless. We squelched through the soggy ground.
splashing	The act of splashing a liquid substance on a surface.
swamp	Overwhelm or flood with water. The country was swamped with goods from abroad.
swampy	Characteristic of or resembling a swamp. A swampy area.
wet	Wetness caused by water. A wet cow.
wetland	Land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land. The draining of British wetlands.