Synonyms for quag
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kwag, kwog |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwæg, kwɒg |
Top 10 synonyms for quag Other synonyms for the word quag
Définition of quag
Origin :- "marshy spot," 1580s, a variant of Middle English quabbe "a marsh, bog," from Old English *cwabba "shake, tremble" (like something soft and flabby).
- noun swamp
- Bene, satis, male,— Where was I with my trope 'bout one in a quag?
- Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
- I suppose he must have wrung his off hind leg in fighting through the quag.
- Extract from : « The Splendid Spur » by Arthur T. Quiller Couch
- Quaw or quagh; a quag or quagmire:—'I was unwilling to attempt the quagh.'
- Extract from : « English As We Speak It in Ireland » by P. W. Joyce
- But the light is at the inn, and there is no quag in front of that.
- Extract from : « Return of the Native » by Thomas Hardy
- Once the quag was so deep, that to avoid sinking in it we had to be carried, one by one, on the back of our Malay driver.
- Extract from : « Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I » by Karl Ritter von Scherzer
- "I always said old Cornelius Husk was slow," said one Quag man to another.
- Extract from : « Toaster's Handbook » by Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers
- There is a quag between us and that light, and you will walk into it up to your neck unless I take you round.
- Extract from : « Return of the Native » by Thomas Hardy
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