HyperDic: quagmire

English > 1 sense of the word *quagmire*:
NOUN	object	quagmire, mire, quag, morass, slack	a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

quagmire > pronunciation
Sounds	kwae'gmay.er
Rhymes	acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer...

English > *quagmire*: 1 sense > noun 1, object
Meaning	A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
Synonyms	mire, quag, morass, slack
Broader	bog, peat bog	wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
Spanish	barrizal, cenagal, ciénaga, fangal, lodacero, lodazal, moca, pantano, tolla, tremedal
Catalan	fangar, fanguera, fanguissar, pantà, zona pantanosa