sisyphean
English Thesaurus
1. both extremely effortful and futile (adj.all)
| similar | : | effortful, |
| definition | : | requiring great physical effort (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sisyphus, |
| definition | : | (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again (noun.person) |
2. of or relating to Sisyphus (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | sisyphus, |
| definition | : | (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | sisyphus, |
| definition | : | (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again (noun.person) |
3. both extremely effortful and futile (adj.all)
| derivation | : | sisyphus, |
| definition | : | (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again (noun.person) |
4. of or relating to Sisyphus (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | sisyphus, |
| definition | : | (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | sisyphus, |
| definition | : | (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again (noun.person) |
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