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Another word for quagmire

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quagmire

n.

Swamp
marsh, bog, mire; see swamp.
Dilemma
perplexity, entanglement, quandary, morass; see difficulty 1, 2, predicament.

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Another word for quagmire

noun

A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water:
bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, slough¹, swamp, swampland, wetland. See dry
A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition:
box¹, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight¹, predicament, scrape, soup, trouble. (Informal) bind, pickle, spot. See easy

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For many students who accidentally fall into the credit card quagmire, there is help.
The scent takes Brian to many locations, but eventually to the Quahog Dog Races, where Brian must try to enter the race to weed out the father of the puppies, which is Quagmire.
The worst part for me was trudging through the quagmire of less than reputable shops in search of an apprenticeship.
I stumbled into a quagmire of my own making.

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