morass
noun/məˈræs/
/məˈræs/
[usually singular] (formal)- an unpleasant and complicated situation that is difficult to escape from synonym web
- a morass of lies and deceit
- We got bogged down in a morass of detail and bureaucratic red tape.
- a dangerous area of low soft, wet land synonym bog, quagmireTopics Geographyc2
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Dutch moeras, alteration (by assimilation to moer ‘moor’) of Middle Dutch marasch, from Old French marais ‘marsh’, from medieval Latin mariscus.
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