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   quagmire

   /ˈkwaɡmʌɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot: "torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire" Similar swampmorassbogpeat bogmarshmirequagmarshlandfensloughquicksandmosscorcassbayoupocosinmoorarchaic:marishcarr
   • ▪ an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation: "a legal quagmire" Similar muddlemix-upmesspredicamentunfortunate/difficult/awkward situationmare's nestquandaryentanglementtanglejumbleimbrogliotroubleconfusiondifficultycornertight corner/spotinformal:sticky situationpickleholestewdilemmafixbindjamscrapekettle of fishhow-do-you-dohot/deep watercomess

   Word Origin late 16th century: from quag + mire.

   Scrabble Points: 20

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