Quagmire

Noun

 * 1) A swampy, soggy area of ground.
 * ''That quagmire regularly 'swallows' caught-up hikers' boots
 * 1)  A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
 * The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
 * ''Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union

Synonyms

 * bog, marsh (land), mire, quag

Thesaurus
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