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quagmire

noun
  1. A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, slough 1, swamp, swampland, wetland. See dry
  2. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition: box 1, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight 1, predicament, scrape, soup, trouble. Informal: bind, pickle, spot. See easy

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