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[ sis-uh-fee-uhn ] / ˌsɪs əˈfi ən /
adjectiveof or relating to Sisyphus. endless and unavailing, as labor or a task. VIDEO FOR SISYPHEANWATCH NOW: Sisyphean: Visual Word of the DayA Sisyphean task is like fighting an uphill battle . MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM Origin of SisypheanFirst recorded in 1625–35; from Greek Sīsýphe(ios), Sī́syph(ios) + -eios adjective suffix; see origin at Sisyphus, -an Words nearby SisypheanSistine, Sistine Chapel, Sistine Madonna, sistroid, sistrum, Sisyphean, Sisyphus, sit, Sita, sitar, sit at one's feet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for SisypheanPerhaps even more problematic is that legal enforcement of the policy itself is a Sisyphean task; there is no way it can be done. The University Of New Orleans’ Cigarette Ban Is Total BS|Chloé Valdary|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Trolling for notes every few months can be a Sisyphean task. Antonis Samaras: New Greek Prime Minister and Predecessor Share College Ties|Jim Warren|June 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST Graduating into the Great Recession only added to the sense of Sisyphean striving. Slackers Cheer Health Reform|Samuel P. Jacobs|March 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST Chrysler nearly escaped its Sisyphean fate, with a hastily arranged “merger of equals” a decade ago, to Daimler-Benz. The Forgotten Lessons of Lee Iacocca|Paul A. Eisenstein|March 31, 2009|DAILY BEAST
One evening I found him in his chambers engaged upon his Sisyphean labour of “tidying up.” The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893|Various Without some such respite he could never have faced and carried through the almost Sisyphean task which awaited him at daylight. His Unknown Wife|Louis Tracy Is the Sisyphean stone of Home Rule, so laboriously rolled uphill, to again roll down, crushing in its fall the faithful rollers? Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.) It seemed a Sisyphean task, no sooner ended than a new one was exacted. Glimpses into the Abyss|Mary Higgs The British Minister after a year's trial began to realise the magnitude of his Sisyphean task. The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. I (of 2)|Alexander Michie
British Dictionary definitions for Sisyphean
adjectiverelating to Sisyphus actually or seemingly endless and futile Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Content related to SisypheanSisyphean: Visual Word of the DayA Sisyphean task is like fighting an uphill battle. Sisyphean: Visual Word of the DayA Sisyphean task is like fighting an uphill battle. |