sisyphean

1. 1.

   of or relating to Sisyphus
2. 2.

   both extremely effortful and futile

   Similareffortful

Questions about sisyphean

What does sisyphean mean?

sisyphean means "of or relating to Sisyphus". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sisyphean?

sisyphean has 4 syllables and divides as si-sy-phe-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is sisyphean a common word?

sisyphean is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.