Synonyms of the word

quag

• n. (obsolete) quagmire; marsh; bog.

bog

• n. (Originally Ireland and Scotland) An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms…
• n. (figuratively) Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner…
• n. (uncountable) The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
• n. (vulgar Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically…
• n. (Australia and New Zealand slang) An act or instance of defecation.
• n. (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
• v. (transitive, now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland, especially.
• v. (intransitive, now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland, especially.
• v. (intransitive, Originally vulgar Britain, now chiefly Australia) To shit, to void one's bowels.
• v. (transitive, Originally vulgar Britain, now chiefly Australia) To cover or spray with shit, to defile…
• v. (transitive, Britain, informal) To make a mess of something.
• n. (obsolete) Alternative form of bug: a bugbear, monster, or terror.
• adj. (obsolete) Bold; boastful; proud.
• n. (obsolete) Puffery, boastfulness.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To provoke, to bug.
• v. (euphemistic, slang, Britain, usually with "off") To go away.

mire

• n. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
• n. An undesirable situation, a predicament.
• v. To weigh down.
• v. To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
• v. To soil with mud or foul matter.
• n. (obsolete) An ant.

morass

• n. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
• n. Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

quagmire

• n. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
• n. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
• v. (transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

slack

• n. (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
• n. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
• n. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
• n. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
• adj. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
• adj. Weak; not holding fast.
• adj. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
• adj. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
• adj. (slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
• adv. Slackly.
• v. To slacken.
• v. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
• v. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy.
• v. (followed by “off”) to refuse to exert effort.
• v. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.