quagmire, mire, quicksand, abyss, murk, muddle, miasma, thicket, mess, maelstrom, tar pit, cesspool, minefield, netherworld, chaos, despond, muck, murkiness, purgatory, twilight zone, imbroglio, oblivion, tangle, doldrums, malaise, byzantine, desuetude, predicaments, irrelevancy, labyrinth, anarchy, rut, incoherence, minutia, vortex, irrelevance, flotsam, strife, perdition, netherland, downspin, crisis, complexities, maze, brinks, rigmarole, limbo, logjam, bureaucracy, hellhole, precipice, turmoil, troubles, quandary, fiasco, disarray, crosscurrent, stagnation, rabbit hole, cesspit, trash heap, woes, red tape, mediocrity, rubbish heap, mumbo jumbo, chasms, conundrum, dysfunction, debacle, jumble, vicious circle, contradictions, despair, blackhole, entanglements, straitjacket, stasis, wade, ambiguities, jargon, stupor, fractiousness, embroilment, machinations, stalemate, maw, swamp, slog, turpitude, gordian knot, infighting, doublespeak, illogic, junk heap, perplexities, inanity, farrago, vicious cycle, monstrosity, claptrap, technicalities, morasses, bog, quagmires, slough, welter, chasm, marsh, marshland, labyrinths

bog, peat bog

mire, quagmire