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quagmire - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | quagmire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad situation |
| Synonyms: | box*, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, entanglement, fix, hole*, imbroglio, impasse, involvement, jam, mire, morass, muddle, pass, pickle*, pinch*, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, trouble, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | blessing, solution, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quagmire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog |
| Synonyms: | fen, marsh, mire, morass, moss, swamp, marshland, quag, quicksand, slough |
| Main Entry: | bog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | fen, marsh, mire, morass, moss, quagmire, lowland, marshland, peat, quag, slough, sump, wetlands |
| Main Entry: | can of worms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicated situation |
| Synonyms: | Gordian knot, Pandora's box, Pandora's box, complex problem, complexity, complication, difficult situation, difficulty, dog's breakfast, entanglement, hard nut to crack, headache, hornet's nest, hot water, hot water, mare's nest, mess, predicament, problem, quagmire, quandary, snafu, snake pit, snarl, trouble, troublesome problem, unpredictable situation |
| Main Entry: | catch-22 |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | no-win situation |
| Synonyms: | contradiction, dilemma, paradox, quagmire, lose-lose |
| Main Entry: | marsh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | bog, estuary, fen, mire, morass, moss, quagmire, everglade, quag, slough, swampland, wetland |
| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, morass |
| Synonyms: | bog, dirt, fen, goo*, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, slime*, swamp, glop, gunk, quicksand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | morass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog; mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, fen, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, marsh, maze, mesh, mix-up, muddle, quagmire, snarl, swamp, tangle, web, skein |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| Main Entry: | predicament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, asperity, bad news*, bind*, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner*, crisis, deadlock, dilemma, drag*, emergency, exigency, fix*, hang-up*, hardship, hole, hot water, imbroglio, impasse, jam*, juncture, lot, mess*, muddle, pass, pickle*, pinch, plight, position, posture, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, rigor, scrape*, spot*, state*, strait, vicissitude, deep water, large order, perplexity, rough go, soup*, tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble* |
| Antonyms: | fix, solution, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wet land covered with vegetation |
| Synonyms: | bog, fen, glade, marsh, mire, moor, morass, mud, quagmire, bottoms, everglade, holm, marshland, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, slough, swale, swampland |
| Main Entry: | trap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snare, trick |
| Synonyms: | ambush, artifice, bait, booby trap*, come-on*, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook*, intrigue, lasso*, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose, pitfall, plot, ploy, prank, quagmire, ruse, snag*, stratagem, subterfuge, temptation, wile, allurement, ambuscade, inveiglement, quicksand, seducement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem; situation requiring great effort |
| Synonyms: | adversity, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard, hindrance, hitch*, hot water, impasse, knot*, labor, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, pain, paradox, pickle*, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scrape*, snag*, stew*, strain, strait, struggle, stumbling block*, tribulation, trouble, arduousness, deep water, laboriousness, painfulness, perplexity, strenuousness |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | headache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty, problem |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, bane, bother, dilemma, frustration, hassle, hindrance, inconvenience, nuisance, pain in the neck*, pest, predicament, quagmire, trouble, vexation, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land that is uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | barren, bog, brush, bush, desert, fen, jungle, marsh, moor, quagmire, solitude, swamp, tundra, void, wasteland, wild, wilderness, badlands, brushland, dust bowl, marshland, wilds |
| Notes: | wastage is loss through use such as wear, leakage, or decay; the gradual process of wasting; or an amount that is wasted -- while waste is loss through carelessness, inefficiency, or ignorance or another word for garbage or rubbish |
| Antonyms: | development |
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