Associations to the word «Quagmire»

Wiktionary

QUAGMIRE, noun. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
QUAGMIRE, noun. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

Dictionary definition

QUAGMIRE, noun. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats