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Quagmire
01
a soft, muddy area of land that is difficult to traverse or escape
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
quagmires
Examples
Hikers found themselves stuck in a quagmire of mud after heavy rainfall flooded the trail.
02
a complex, difficult, or hazardous situation
Examples
The political debate quickly devolved into a quagmire of conflicting opinions and personal attacks.
Lexical Tree
quagmire
quag
mire
