Antonyms for quicksand
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kwik-sand |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪkˌsænd |
Definition of quicksand
Origin :- c.1300, from Middle English quyk "living" (see quick (adj.)) + sond "sand" (see sand (n.)). Old English had cwecesund, but this might have meant "lively strait of water."
- As in mire : noun muck, morass
- As in pitfall : noun hazard, trap
- As in quagmire : noun bog
- As in snare : noun trap
- As in trap : noun snare, trick
- That green strip of willow is the edge of a quicksand where no one knows the depth.
- Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- The boys will think a quicksand has swallowed us, and no one will be sleeping there at Soledad.
- Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- In some places it seemed as bottomless as a pit of quicksand.
- Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
- She had married the solid Hermie, and he had turned out to be quicksand.
- Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
- You never know where you'll meet a quicksand, or a hole in the ice.
- Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
- That love, too, like a quicksand, too often proves a destroyer to the weak-minded.
- Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
- This island of heath, dune, and quicksand is wild and romantic.
- Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson
- Don't you remember that when we found the other two out, they were sent to the quicksand pit?
- Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter
- I was one of those who helped to throw them into the quicksand pit.
- Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter
- And weren't they afterward thrown into the quicksand pit to die?
- Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter
Synonyms for quicksand
- allurement
- ambuscade
- ambush
- artifice
- bait
- bog
- booby trap
- catch
- come-on
- conspiracy
- danger
- deadfall
- deception
- decoy
- device
- difficulty
- dirt
- downfall
- dragnet
- drawback
- entanglement
- enticement
- entrapment
- feint
- fen
- gambit
- glop
- goo
- gunk
- hook
- intrigue
- inveiglement
- lasso
- lure
- machination
- maneuver
- marsh
- marshland
- mesh
- mire
- morass
- moss
- mousetrap
- mud
- net
- noose
- ooze
- peril
- pit
- pitfall
- plot
- ploy
- prank
- quag
- quagmire
- quicksand
- risk
- ruse
- seducement
- setup
- slime
- slough
- snag
- snare
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- swamp
- swindle
- temptation
- toil
- trick
- web
- wile
- wire
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