Transcription
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- [kwag-mahyuh r, kwog-]
- /ˈkwægˌmaɪər, ˈkwɒg-/
- /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kwag-mahyuh r, kwog-]
- /ˈkwægˌmaɪər, ˈkwɒg-/
Definitions of quagmire word
- noun quagmire an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog. 1
- noun quagmire a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness. 1
- noun quagmire anything soft or flabby. 1
- noun quagmire A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot. 1
- noun quagmire bog, marsh 1
- noun quagmire difficult situation 1
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Origin of quagmire
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; quag + mire
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Parts of speech for Quagmire
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
quagmire popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
quagmire usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for quagmire
noun quagmire
- swamp — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- marsh — Dame (Edith) Ngaio [nahy-oh] /ˈnaɪ oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels.
- bog — A bog is an area of land which is very wet and muddy.
- mire — a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- quicksand — a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
Antonyms for quagmire
noun quagmire
- agreement — An agreement is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people.
- solution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
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