Definition for Quagmire:

• Marshy ground that shakes under the feet.

Synonyms for Quagmire:

• n.

  •
  • crisis,
  • tragedy,
  • battle,
  • stress,
  • worst-case scenario.
  •
  • flats,
  • mudflats,
  • perplexity,
  • entanglement.
  •
  • dry.
  •
  • easy,
  • bind,
  • spot,
  • corner,
  • fix,
  • trouble.
  •bad situation (noun)
  • muddle,
  • pinch,
  • involvement,
  • pass,
  • hole.
  •bog (noun)
  • marsh,
  • fen,
  • moss.
  •can of worms (noun)
  • dogs breakfast,
  • hornet nest,
  • mares nest,
  • unpredictable situations,
  • can worms,
  • dog's breakfasts,
  • complex problems,
  • mare nest,
  • gordian knots,
  • pandoras box,
  • hard nut crack,
  • dog breakfasts,
  • hornets nest,
  • troublesome problems,
  • dogs breakfasts,
  • pandora box,
  • can-worms,
  • dog breakfast.
  •catch-22 (noun)
  • lose lose,
  • catch 22,
  • lose-loses,
  • loselose,
  • lose loses,
  • catch22,
  • loseloses.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • laboriousness,
  • strenuousness,
  • arduousness,
  • painfulness,
  • tribulation.
  •headache (noun)
  • in-conveniences,
  • in conveniences,
  • pain neck,
  • head-ache,
  • pain in neck,
  • in-convenience,
  • pain the neck.
  •predicament (noun)
  • predicaments,
  • large order,
  • hangup,
  • rough go,
  • soups,
  • hang up,
  • tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble.
  •puddle (noun)
  • plashets.
  •swamp (noun)
  • holms,
  • peat bogs.
  •trap (noun)
  • de coys,
  • de-coys,
  • de coy,
  • de-coy,
  • seducements.
  •waste (noun)
  • waste,
  • wilds,
  • dust bowl,
  • barrens,
  • brushland.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ordeal,
  • purgatory,
  • imbroglio,
  • double bind,
  • nightmare,
  • logjam,
  • dutch,
  • impasse,
  • juggling act,
  • pressure-cooker,
  • vlei,
  • rat race,
  • victimhood,
  • fenland,
  • travail,
  • suffering,
  • stalemate,
  • mess,
  • poetic justice,
  • bitter pill,
  • hot spot,
  • deadlock,
  • salt marsh,
  • wetland,
  • whammy,
  • treadmill,
  • toils,
  • overcrowding,
  • misadventure,
  • double whammy,
  • perfect storm,
  • misfortune,
  • fate,
  • deep water,
  • the hot seat,
  • living hell,
  • the school of hard knocks,
  • information overload,
  • no-win situation,
  • slippery slope.
  •
  • imposition,
  • hardship,
  • jungle,
  • predicament,
  • dilemma,
  • whirlpool,
  • hot water,
  • palaver,
  • tangle,
  • soup,
  • bad hair day,
  • plight,
  • gridlock,
  • horror story,
  • carnage,
  • box,
  • discomfort,
  • cul de sac,
  • the doldrums,
  • dead-end.
  •
  • pickle,
  • black hole,
  • spiral.
  •
  • night,
  • tension,
  • curse,
  • rub,
  • trial,
  • jam,
  • horror,
  • torment,
  • scrape.
  •
  • distress,
  • pit.
  •
  • crunch.
  •
  • knock,
  • test.
  •
  • low.

Paraphrases for Quagmire:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    morass.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mire, bog.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stalemate, plight.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    impasse, predicament, mess, deadlock, dilemma, logjam, rut, marshland, standstill, gridlock.

Antonyms for Quagmire:

• n.

  • bad situation
    benefit, advantage, solution, ease, pleasure, agreement, contentment, boon, closure, good fortune, peace, blessing, success.

Quagmire Sentence Examples:

• I will not allow your father to lead me into any quagmire of speculation, believe me, dear one."

• Continuing to feel his way cautiously through the wilderness of quagmire, he soon came upon a very formidable obstacle.