morass

An area of low-lying, soggy ground.

Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms.

A tract of low, soft, wet ground the drainage of which is insufficient either from its depressed situation or from its uniform flatness; a marsh; a swamp; a bog; a fen.

Synonyms Swamp, etc. See marsh.

A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

See Bog ore, under Bog.

A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot