Meaning

1 senses

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

Examples

7 sentences

  1. The trodden ground became a quagmire...

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  2. The enclave has become a quagmire.

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  3. The war quickly turned into a quagmire.

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  4. The rain turned the road into a quagmire.

    deDer Regen verwandelte die Straße in einen Morast. — brauchinet

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  5. Everyone in their own quagmire.

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Origin

Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situatio

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

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Forms

quagmires, quagmiring, quagmired, quagmired
Base formquagmire · to quagmire
3rd person singularquagmires
Present participlequagmiring
Past simplequagmired
Past participlequagmired

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquagmire
he, she, itquagmires

Past simpleLesson

all personsquagmired

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quagmired
he, she, ithas quagmired

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quagmire

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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