quagmire

== English == === Etymology === Recorded since 1579, from quag +‎ mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775. Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire. Compare typologically Bulgarian тресавище (tresavište), Polish trzęsawisko, Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (akin to трясти́ (trjastí)); зыбь (zybʹ), зыбу́н (zybún) (<… Proto-Slavic *zybь). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkwæɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɔɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/ Hyphenation: quag‧mire === Noun === quagmire (plural quagmires) A swampy, soggy area of ground. Synonyms: marsh, marshland, mire, quag (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle. Synonyms: predicament; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === quagmire (third-person singular simple present quagmires, present participle quagmiring, simple past and past participle quagmired) (transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty. === References === “quagmire”, in OneLook Dictionary Search..