🔤 Quagmire (Noun)

IPA: //ˈkwæɡmaɪər//

✨ Use quagmire when describing situations that trap you the more you try to get out.

🧠 Meaning

A soft, boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 The hikers found themselves stuck in a muddy quagmire after the rainstorm.

🔹 The project turned into a political quagmire with no clear solution in sight.

📜 Word Origin

From quake (“to tremble or shake”) + mire (“bog, swamp”).

💡 Did You Know?

Quagmire paints a vivid picture—whether it’s a literal swamp or a figurative mess where every move makes things worse.

🏷️ Related Words

#swamp #marsh #dilemma #predicament #entanglement #mess

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