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- Dictionarymorass/məˈras/
noun
- 1. an area of muddy or boggy ground: "in midwinter the track beneath this bridge became a muddy morass" Similar
- 2. a complicated or confused situation: "she would become lost in a morass of lies and explanations" Similar
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something that is extremely complicated and difficult to deal with, making any advance almost impossible: The morass of rules and regulations is delaying the start of the project. (Definition of morass from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. : marsh, swamp. 2. a. : a situation that traps, confuses, or impedes. a legal morass. b. : an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture. a morass of traffic jams Mary Roach. morassy. mə-ˈra-sē. mȯ- adjective. Did you know? The Swampy History of Morass.
any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement. morass. / məˈræs / noun. a tract of swampy low-lying land. a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp one that impedes progress.
1. (Physical Geography) a tract of swampy low-lying land. 2. a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp one that impedes progress. [C17: from Dutch moeras, ultimately from Old French marais marsh]
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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences. a hard/tough row to hoe idiom. abyss. adversity. at your worst idiom.
A morass is a mushy, muddy patch of ground that you might find in a bog. In other words, it's something you probably don't want to get stuck in. The noun morass comes from the Dutch word moeras, meaning "marsh" or "fen."
If you describe an unpleasant or confused situation as a morass, you mean that it seems impossible to escape from or resolve, because it has become so serious or so complicated. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
Morass Definition. A tract of low, soft, watery ground; bog; marsh; swamp. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms. A morass of details.
Oct 30, 2024 · Noun. [edit] morass (plural morasses) A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. (figurative) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult. Derived terms. [edit] morass-ore. morassy. Translations. [edit] ± tract of soft, wet ground. ± anything that entraps or makes progress difficult. Categories: English terms borrowed from Dutch.
If you describe an unpleasant or confused situation as a morass, you mean that it seems impossible to escape from or resolve, because it has become so serious or so complicated. [...]
