Antonyms for sisyphus
ˈsɪs ə fəssisy·phus

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Princeton's WordNet

1. Sisyphusnoun

   (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

How to use sisyphus in a sentence?

1. Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis:

   The country is in a position like that of Sisyphus — a man condemned to roll a boulder to the top of a hill, only to see it roll down again, we risk condemning an entire generation to a future without hope. To avoid that, what we ask from our eurozone partners is to treat Greece as an equal and help us escape from this Sisyphean trap.

2. Desiderius Erasmus:

   Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six hundred laws in the same breath, no matter whether relevant or not, piling up opinion on opinion and gloss on gloss to make their profession seem the most difficult of all. Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

3. Volodymyr Knyr:

   Sisyphus would hardly stop if even he is on the top.

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