| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, morass |
Synonyms: |
bog, dirt, fen, glop, goo, gunk, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, quicksand, slime, swamp |
| Main Entry: | pitfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, trap |
Synonyms: |
booby trap, catch*, danger, deadfall, difficulty, downfall, drawback, entanglement, hook*, mesh*, mousetrap, peril, pit*, quicksand, risk, setup, snag*, snare, swindle*, toil, web |
| Notes: | a pitfall is an unforeseen or unexpected difficulty or disaster - or a trap in the form of a concealed hole; a pratfall is an embarrassing or humiliating mistake, blunder, or mishap - or a fall on the buttocks |
Antonyms: |
advantage, blessing, good luck |
| Main Entry: | quagmire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog |
Synonyms: |
fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, moss, quag, quicksand, slough, swamp |
| Main Entry: | snare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trap |
Synonyms: |
allurement, bait, booby trap, catch, come-on, deception, decoy, enticement, entrapment, inveiglement, lure, net, noose, pitfall, quicksand, seducement, temptation, trick, wire |
Antonyms: |
freedom, liberation |
| Main Entry: | trap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snare, trick |
Synonyms: |
allurement, ambuscade, ambush, artifice, bait, booby trap, come-on, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook*, intrigue, inveiglement, lasso, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose, pitfall, plot, ploy, prank, quagmire, quicksand, ruse, seducement, snag*, stratagem, subterfuge, temptation, wile |
| Concept: | [Source of danger.] Pitfall. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
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-nouns
rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt, syrtis; Goodwin sands, sandy foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf, flat, lee shore, ironbound coast; rock ahead, breakers ahead., precipice; maelstrom, volcano; ambush; pitfall, trapdoor; trap (snare)., sword of Damocles; wolf at the door, snake in the grass, death in the pot; latency., ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort; firebrand, hornet's nest.
-phrases
latet anquis in herba [Vergil]; proximus ardet Ucalegon [Vergil].
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Antonyms: |
refuge |
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