morassnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/məˈræs/us/məˈræs/morass noun [ C usually singular ] (COMPLICATED SITUATION)
something that is extremely complicated and difficult to deal with and makes any progress almost impossible:
The morass of rules and regulations is delaying the start of the project.
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- eventuality
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- sticky wicket
- vortex
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morass noun [ C usually singular ] (WET GROUND)
literary an area of soft, wet ground in which it is easy to get stuck
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Geography: wetland
- bog
- boggy
- fen
- floodplain
- marsh
- marshland
- marshy
- mire
- peat bog
- quagmire
- quicksand
- slough
- swamp
- swamp gas
- swampland
- swampy
- water meadow
- waterlogged
- wetland