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- DictionarySisyphean/sɪsɪˈfiːən/
adjective
- 1. denoting or relating to a task that can never be completed: "the pursuit of perfection is a Sisyphean task"
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Sisyphean means requiring continual and often ineffective effort, like the mythical task of Sisyphus. Learn more about the word history, usage, and examples of Sisyphean in this dictionary entry.
Sisyphean means a task that can never be completed, like the one that Sisyphus had to do in Greek mythology. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences and see translations in different languages.
Sisyphean means endless and unavailing, as labor or a task. It comes from the name of Sisyphus, a mythological figure who had to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
You can use Sisyphean to describe things that require a lot of hard work and yet will never be truly finished. Keeping a house clean can feel Sisyphean, and so can deciding on a movie that everyone in a family will enjoy.
Sisyphean means relating to Sisyphus, a mythological figure who was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. It also means endless and futile, like a Sisyphean task. See synonyms, pronunciation, and sentences.
Sisyphean means relating to Sisyphus, a mythological figure who was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. It also means extremely effortful and futile, like a Sisyphean task. See synonyms, translations and usage examples.
Definition of Sisyphean adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
