Complete Definition of "quagmire"

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Noun
en-noun

  1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
  2. figurative A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament; a mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

#: The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
#: The invasion of the country went smoothly, but the subsequent occupation became a quagmire.

Translations
trans-top|swampy,soggy area
Danish: sump#Danish|sump c, dynd n
Finnish: t+|fi|hete, t-|fi|hetteikkö, t+|fi|suo
trans-mid
Greek: t+|el|βάλ�ο�|m|trváltos|scGrek
Norwegian: t-|no|myr|f
Old Church Slavonic: tø|cu|бла�о|n|trblato|scCyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic
Russian: t|ru|боло�о|n|trbolóto, t|ru|�оп�|f|trtop'
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trans-top|precarious situation, hopeless tangle
Danish: dynd n, hængedynd n
Finnish: t-|fi|hetteikkö, t+|fi|sokkelo, t-|fi|umpisolmu
trans-mid
Greek: t+|el|�έλμα|n|trtélma|scGrek
Norwegian: t|no|hengemyr|f, t-|no|kvikksand|f
Russian: t|ru|����ина|f|trtr'asína, t|ru|боло�о|n|trbolóto
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ttbc|Bulgarian: ��е�ави�е (tresavište)
ttbc|Catalan: pantà m
ttbc|Chinese: 泥沼 (ní zh�o)
ttbc|Dutch: moeras n
ttbc|German: Sumpf m
ttbc|Interlingua: palude, fangositate
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ttbc|Italian: pantano m, ginepraio m
ttbc|Japanese: ���� (nukarumi)
ttbc|Korean: 곤경 (gon-gyeong)
ttbc|Spanish: pantano m, tremedal m, cenagal m, barrizal m
ttbc|Volapük: maräd, lulak
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