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Synonyms for morass

Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-ras
Phonetic Transcription : məˈræs

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Définition of morass

Origin :
  • "wet, swampy tract," 1650s, from Dutch moeras "marsh, fen," from Middle Dutch marasch, from Old French marais "marsh," from Frankish, possibly from West Germanic *marisk, from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz "like a lake," from *mari "sea" (see mere (n.)). The word was influenced in Dutch by moer "moor" (see moor (n.)). Figurative use is attested from 1867. Replaced earlier mareis (early 14c.; see marish).
  • noun bog; mess
Example sentences :
  • The street had been transformed into a morass of sticky mud by the storm.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • O, into what a morass of sin has he not fallen, and every moment he goes deeper!
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Just at the mouth of it there was a morass filled with gad-flies and other poisonous insects.
  • Extract from : « Hair Breadth Escapes » by T. S. Arthur
  • On the way he had to pass a long and weary waste of heath and morass.
  • Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
  • A guide had been found who would guide the army across the morass.
  • Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
  • But the Sons of Usna found themselves entrapped in a morass where the water had been.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • It stands with the scanty fields attached as an island in a sea of morass.
  • Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore
  • While they were in this predicament the preacher rode up to the edge of the morass.
  • Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
  • He knew every inch of the land, the river, the morass, and the commanding hill.
  • Extract from : « Lafayette » by Martha Foote Crow
  • It was surrounded by a morass, and approachable only by two narrow causeways.
  • Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.

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