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Synonyms for quagmire

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwag-mahyuhr, kwog-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwægˌmaɪər, ˈkwɒg-

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Définition of quagmire

Origin :
  • 1570s, "bog, marsh," from obsolete quag "bog, marsh" + mire (n.). Early spellings include quamyre (1550s), quabmire (1590s), quadmire (c.1600). Extended sense of "difficult situation, inescapable bad position" is recorded by 1766; but this seems to have been not in common use in much of 19c. (absent in "Century Dictionary," 1902), but revived in a narrower sense in reference to military invasions in American English, 1965, with reference to Vietnam (popularized in the book title "The Making of a Quagmire" by David Halberstam).
  • noun bad situation
  • noun bog
Example sentences :
  • But now am I indeed fast stuck in a quagmire of uncertainty.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • The road through Thiepval was a bog, the village was a quagmire.
  • Extract from : « The Old Front Line » by John Masefield
  • The pond was a thin piece of canvas painted to represent the quagmire.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • Already our horses were stumbling over corpses as if in a quagmire.
  • Extract from : « The Brass Bell » by Eugne Sue
  • The lane was muddy even in the roadway, and on the banks it was a quagmire.
  • Extract from : « A Dog with a Bad Name » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • In coming up out of the quagmire she had got mud on her feet.
  • Extract from : « Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • Woe to the artist who falls into the quagmire of unbalanced intuition!
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • In a miserable street, where he looked like a peacock in a quagmire.
  • Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Isn't there any way for those men to get out of that quagmire?
  • Extract from : « In The Saddle » by Oliver Optic
  • "But there is no enemy in this vicinity, except the Texans in the quagmire," added the captain.
  • Extract from : « In The Saddle » by Oliver Optic

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