different between quagmire vs marshy

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1579, from quag +? mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.

Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw??.ma??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kwæ?.ma???/
• Hyphenation: quag?mire

Noun

quagmire (plural quagmires)

1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.

   Synonyms: marsh, marshland, mire, quag
2. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

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Verb

quagmire (third-person singular simple present quagmires, present participle quagmiring, simple past and past participle quagmired)

1. (transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

References

• quagmire at OneLook Dictionary Search.

English

Etymology

From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m???i/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?i

Adjective

marshy (comparative marshier, superlative marshiest)

1. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
2. Growing in marshy ground.

Synonyms

• (of, or resembling a marsh): hoggy, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy

Derived terms

• marshiness

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