QUAGMIRE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

Synonyms:

mire; morass; quag; quagmire; slack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("quagmire" is a kind of...):

bog; peat bog (wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel)

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