TANTALUS as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus
    • condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it

    Hypernyms(s) Tantalus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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