morass

n.

1. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.
2. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms: a morass of details.

[Dutch moeras, from Middle Dutch maras, from Old French mareis, probably of Germanic origin.]

noun

1. A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough¹, swamp, swampland, wetland. See dry/wet.
2. Something that is intricately and often bewilderingly complex: cat's cradle, entanglement, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mesh (often used in plural), skein, snarl², tangle, web. See simple/complex.

n

Definition: bog; mess
Antonyms: order, organization

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IN BRIEF: A marsh or swamp. Also: A difficult situation.

After the boat was capsized, the passengers had to slog through the morass to get to the road near the swamp.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - morads

Nederlands (Dutch)
moeras, uitzichtloze situatie

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) bourbier, marais

Deutsch (German)
n. - Morast

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βάλτος, έλος, (μτφ.) τέλμα, αδιέξοδο

Italiano (Italian)
palude

Português (Portuguese)
n. - brejo (m)

Русский (Russian)
болото, запутанное положение

Español (Spanish)
n. - pantano, cenagal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - moras

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
沼泽, 令人困恼的东西, 困境

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 沼澤, 令人困惱的東西, 困境

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 습지, 난국

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 沼地, 難局, 湿地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستنقع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ביצה, מצוקה, תסבוכת, בוץ‬

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