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Definition of Quagmire
1. Noun. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
Generic synonyms: Bog, Peat Bog
Derivative terms: Mire, Mire, Mire, Miry, Quaggy
Definition of Quagmire
1. n. Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
Definition of Quagmire
1. Noun. A swampy, soggy area of ground. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quagmire
1. an area of marshy ground [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quagmire
Literary usage of Quagmire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Central Asia and Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"At last, however, although we were all pretty nearly completely A Camel Sinking
in the (quagmire. done up, we struck a little glen which led us out into the ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"15. 'The Heiress and her Lover?,' 1 863. 16. ' Leonore, a Tale, and other Poems,
1864. 17. ' quagmire ahead,' privately printed ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... that the final " e " you tack on to it is an affected abbreviation for the
sake of refinement, and that it is, by name and nature, really " quagmire. ..."
4. Central Asia and Tibet: Towards the Holy City of Lassa by Sven Hedin (1903)
"... the smallest suspicion of it, I should of course have stuck to our old route,
which appeared to be a sort of foot-bridge leading across the quagmire. ..."
5. Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of by John Gabriel Stedman (1813)
"Alarm in the Pirica River—A Detachment marches to its Relief—Ambuscade—Wonderful
Effect from the Biting of a Bat—Scene in a quagmire—Sketch of the ..."
6. The Life of Bishop Matthew Simpson: Of the Methodist Episcopal Church by George Richard Crooks (1890)
"—A Break-down in the Midst of a quagmire.—Bishop Simpson at the Tremont Temple
in 1866.—The Rev. R. II. Howard's Narrative.—The Old Vigor Still Alive in ..."
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