Synonyms of quagmire

quagmire

noun

1

as in predicament

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

the party was once again facing its quadrennial quagmire: the candidate sufficiently liberal to win the nomination would be too liberal for the general election

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predicament
• dilemma
• pickle
• swamp
• hole
• bind
• mire
• corner
• impasse
• jam
• difficulty
• crisis
• box
• fix
• spot
• catch-22
• plight
• rabbit hole
• kettle of fish
• rattrap
• jackpot
• sticky wicket
• trouble
• quandary
• node
• hot water
• soup
• emergency
• deadlock
• stalemate
• standstill
• halt
• strait
• crossroad
• pinch
• exigency
• logjam
• scrape
• juncture
• clutch

2

as in tangle

something that catches and holds

a protracted custody dispute that became a judicial quagmire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangle
• trap
• morass
• quicksand
• labyrinth
• maze
• web
• entanglement
• noose
• snare
• net
• tanglement
• mesh(es)
• toil(s)
• snarl
• knot
• cobweb
• spiderweb
• cat's cradle