quagmire n : a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quag, morass]

English

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈkwɒg.maɪə(ɹ)/ /"kwQg.maI@(r)/

Noun

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

   The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.

   The invasion of the country went smoothly, but the subsequent occupation became a quagmire.

Synonyms

• marsh

Translations

Quagmire may refer to any of the following:

Fictional Characters

• Glenn Quagmire (often called merely "Quagmire"), a character from the animated television sitcom Family Guy
• Quagmire (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Quagmire McDuck, a minor character in Walt Disney comic books, a distant ancestor of Scrooge McDuck
• Quagmire, a character on the children's television show Eureeka's Castle
• The Quagmire Triplets, fictional characters from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Duncan and Isadora Quagmire
  • Quigley Quagmire

TV series and episodes

• "Quagmire" (The X-Files), the 22nd episode in the 3rd season of the television drama, The X-Files
• "Quagmire", the English title of the 12th episode in anime series Elfen Lied

Computer games

• Quagmire, a level in the game "Banjo Tooie", sequel to the game "Banjo Kazooie"
• Quagmire, a fictitious place in the game World of Warcraft, located in the zone Dustwallow Marsh

Other meanings

• Joshua Quagmire (or JQ), an American cartoonist, best known for Cutey Bunny
• Quagmire, the setting for Ben Dunn's Ninja High School comics, and the title of two mini-series spun off from them
• Quagmire, a black enchantment from the card game Magic: The Gathering that allows creatures with the swampwalk ability to be blocked as though they did not have swampwalk

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