a king of Corinth, punished in Hades for his misdeeds by eternally having to roll a heavy stone up a hill: every time he approached the top, the stone escaped his grasp and rolled to the bottom
Sisyphus in American English
(ˈsɪsəfəs)
noun
Greek Mythology
a greedy king of Corinth doomed forever in Hades to roll a heavy stone uphill, only to have it always roll down again
Word origin
L < Gr Sisyphos
Examples of 'Sisyphus' in a sentence
Sisyphus
A Sisyphus, he'd stuck it out after Independence, learning the art of fighting first.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2003)
When I reached the bottom I huffed just long enough to turn around again and start back up, an Ivy League Sisyphus.