Morass

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  • noun. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.
  • noun. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tract of low, soft, wet ground the drainage of which is insufficient either from its depressed situation or from its uniform flatness; a marsh; a swamp; a bog; a fen.
  • noun. Synonyms Swamp, etc. See marsh.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
  • noun. See Bog ore, under Bog.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
  • noun. Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  • Word Usage
    "One of the suggestions being made as a way out of this Florida/Michigan morass is simply to seat the delegates based on the actual vote."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bog  peat bog  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsace  Cass  Glass  Grass  Grasse  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Shoreline  bog  chasm  creek  estuary  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Mars  anarchy  baygall  bind  bog