quag-mire

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• quag|mire — «KWAG MYR, KWOG », noun. 1. soft, muddy ground; boggy or miry place; quag: »Many streets are unpaved and unlighted; in heavy rain they turn to quagmires (Time). 2. Figurative. a difficult situation: »I have followed Cupid s Jack a lantern, and… …   Useful english dictionary

• quag·mire — /ˈkwægˌmajɚ/ noun, pl mires [count] 1 : an area of soft, wet ground usually singular After a lot of rain, the dirt road becomes a quagmire. 2 : a situation that is hard to deal with or get out of : a situation that is full of problems usually… …   Useful english dictionary

• mire — Synonyms and related words: adhere, baygall, befoul, begrime, bemire, bemud, besmirch, besmoke, blacken, bog, bog down, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, buffalo wallow, cesspool, clay, cleave, cling, cloaca, cloaca maxima, cohere, decelerate, defile …   Moby Thesaurus

• mire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mud, muck, dirt; quagmire, marsh. See uncleanness, coherence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. marsh, bog, ooze; see mud , swamp . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. bog, mud, ooze, soggy ground, slush, marsh …   English dictionary for students

• quag — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A usually low lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quagmire, slough1, swamp, swampland, wetland. See DRY …   English dictionary for students

• mire — n 1. marsh, swamp, swampland, fen, fen land, marshland, quagmire, quag, bog, slough, morass, Brit. Dial. lair, mud, mud flat, Brit. holm, Brit. sough, Brit. Dial. sump. v 2. soil, dirty, begrime, blacken, tarnish; sully, befoul, defile; smear,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• quagmire — quag|mire [ˈkwægmaıə, ˈkwɔg US ˈkwægmaır] n [C usually singular] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: quag soft wet ground (16 20 centuries) (perhaps from quag to shake (17 19 centuries)) + mire] 1.) an area of soft wet muddy ground ▪ In the rainy season… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• quagmire — quag•mire [[t]ˈkwægˌmaɪər, ˈkwɒg [/t]] n. 1) an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog 2) a situation from which extrication is very difficult • Etymology: 1570–80 quag′mir′y, adj …   From formal English to slang

• quagmire — quag|mire [ kwæg,maır ] noun count 1. ) a situation that is so difficult or complicated that you cannot make much progress 2. ) MAINLY LITERARY an area of very wet land that is too soft to walk on …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. swamp, morass, quagmire, marsh, fen. See water. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. marsh, lowland, peat bog; see swamp . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. marsh, quag, mire, fen, swamp, quagmire, slough, morass …   English dictionary for students

• Quagmire — Quag mire , n. [Quake + mire.] Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access. Palfrey. [1913 Webster] Syn: Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English