Alternativa stavningar

Synonymer

Uttal

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈkwæɡ.maɪəɹ/
ÖversättningKontext
Substantiv
1.sumpmark {en}
2.dilemma {ett}
3.moras
4.gungfly
5.träsk {ett}figurliga ord
6.träskmark

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
  2. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

Exempel

  • One needs to watch out so one won't get in the quagmire of prejudice.
    • Man får se upp så man inte hamnar i fördomsträsket.
  • That quagmire regularly 'swallows' caught-up hikers' boots
  • The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
  • Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union
  • Is there a way out of this bloody quagmire? he wondered.

Böjningsformer

Pluralquagmires

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