Synonyms of quagmires

quagmires

noun

plural of quagmire

1

as in dilemmas

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

• dilemmas
• predicaments
• swamps
• pickles
• holes
• mires
• corners
• jams
• impasses
• binds
• difficulties
• crises
• boxes
• rabbit holes
• catch-22s
• plights
• fixes
• spots
• rattraps
• sticky wickets
• kettles of fish
• jackpots
• quandaries
• troubles
• nodes
• straits
• catch-22's
• soups
• logjams
• emergencies
• exigencies
• crossroads
• standstills
• hot waters
• deadlocks
• stalemates
• scrapes
• clutches
• pinches
• halts
• junctures

2

as in tangles

something that catches and holds

a protracted custody dispute that became a judicial quagmire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangles
• traps
• entanglements
• quicksands
• morasses
• labyrinths
• mazes
• toils
• webs
• snares
• meshes
• nets
• nooses
• tanglements
• snarls
• knots
• cobwebs
• spiderwebs
• cat's cradles