morass

məˈræs

Definition

Definition of morass - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

confusionconfusing situation hard to escape

She found herself in a financial morass.

entanglement

quagmire

wetlandsoft wet ground difficult to walk on

The hikers got stuck in the morass.

bog

quagmire

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soft wet ground difficult to walk on

Expressions with morass

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economic morass

financial crisis causing widespread economic problems

The recession led to an economic morass.

morass of figures

large confusing amount of numbers or statistics

The report was buried in a morass of figures.

morass of paperwork

confusing situation with too much paperwork

She got lost in the morass of paperwork at the office.

a morass of emotions

confusing mix of emotions causing difficulty

She found herself in a morass of emotions after the breakup.

legal morass

situation with confusing or complicated legal problems

The company got stuck in a legal morass after the lawsuit.

morass of problems

confusing situation with many problems

The project turned into a morass of problems.

Origin of morass

Dutch, moeras (swamp)

Examples of morass in a sentence

The project turned into a bureaucratic morass.
The boots sank into the morass, making progress slow.
The morass was treacherous after the rainstorm.

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French:bourbier, marécage, ...
German:Schlamassel, Morast, ...
Italian:pantano, palude, ...
Spanish:embrollo, pantano, ...
Portuguese:confusão, pântano, ...
Chinese:困境, 沼泽地, ...
Japanese:泥沼, ぬかるみ, ...
Arabic:ورطة, مُسْتَنْقَع, ...
Hebrew:סְבַךְ, בִּיצָה, ...
Russian:болото, трясина, ...
Ukrainian:пастка, болото, ...
Hindi:दलदल, कीचड़, ...
Bengali:জটিল অচলাবস্থা, জলাভূমি, ...
Catalan:embolic, fangar, ...
Czech:brynda, bažina, ...
Danish:morads, sump, ...
Dutch:moeras, ...
Greek:τέλμα, βάλτος, ...
Hungarian:kátyú, ingovány, ...
Khmer:ភាពច្របូកច្របល់, ភក់ល្បាប់, ...
Korean:수렁, 늪지대, ...
Persian:باتلاق, ...
Polish:bagno, ...
Portuguese (BR):atoleiro, pântano, ...
Romanian:impas, mlaștină, ...
Swedish:moras, träsk, ...
Thai:ความยุ่งเหยิง, พื้นที่ชุ่มน้ำ, ...
Turkish:bataklık, ...
Vietnamese:bế tắc, vùng đất lầy lội, ...

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