morass
morass
Definition
mo·rass (mə ras′, mô-)
noun
a tract of low, soft, watery ground; bog; marsh; swamp: often used figuratively of a difficult, troublesome, or perplexing state of affairs
Etymology: Du moeras, a marsh, fen; earlier marasch < OFr maresc < Frank *marisk, a swamp, akin to marsh
morass
Synonyms
morass
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- coms: The good news is there are many things you can control to make sure your site isn?t lost in the morass of dot coms.
- mud: The smell was appalling and the pen was a morass of mud and pig dung.
- confusion: We just lie in our morass of confusion, which arises from brave choices we didn't make earlier.
- regulation: We must get some order imposed on the current morass of over-complicated regulation.
- contradiction: The biblical evidence is a morass of contradictions and alterations in several accounts that do not agree.
- bureaucracy: Professional people in all fields trying to do their best are trapped in a morass of bureaucracy and red tape.
Converse of object
- become: God help those who wander into the great mire now, for even the firm uplands are becoming a morass.
Adjective modifier
- great: Its purpose being to lead water from the great morass to the ponds, it should be nearly level with a slight fall northwards.
- current: There is a route out of the current morass.
- financial: Both the Athenaeum and the Working Men's College were in decline and Mander's Art School continued to struggle in a financial morass.
- regulatory: Dianna agreed that focusing on the regulatory morass and public acceptability was appropriate.
- moral: Road to Nirvana, a bizarre indictment of the moral morass of Hollywood, is an absolute riot.
- black: Any nation that continues to plow money into this black morass is very badly letting down the taxpayers who must foot the bill.
Noun used with modifier
- immigration: Could you spell out what you mean, however, in your reference to an " immigration morass " ?
Browse dictionary entries near morass
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- morally
- moralize
- morality play
- morality
- moralistic
- moralist
- moralism
- morale
- moral turpitude
- moratorium
- moratory
- Morava
- Moravia
- Moravian
- moray
- Moray Firth
- morbid
- morbidity
- morbidly
