(Greek Mythology) whirlpool that devours ships off the coast of Sicily located across from the cave of Scylla and personified as a female monster
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Charybdis Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Charybdis (whirlpool Sicily/Italy); cruel person; whirlpool; tortuous cavity
Charybdis (whirlpool Sicily/Italy); cruel person; whirlpool; tortuous cavity
whirlpool.
Charybdis Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
charybdis
\cha*ryb"dis\ (?), n. [l., gr. &?;.] a dangerous whirlpool on the coast of sicily opposite scylla on the italian coast. it is personified as a female monster. see scylla.
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1. (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
(hypernym) whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom
(classification) Greek mythology
Charybdis Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Charybdis or Kharybdis (; Greek: Χάρυβδις) was a sea monster, later rationalised as a whirlpool and considered a shipping hazard in the Strait of Messina.
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Charybdis Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Charybdis (Greek) In Homer, a gulf nearly on the level with the water which sucks in the sea and discharges it as a whirlpool three times a day, located in a narrow strait across from the monster Scylla; a maelstrom. {IU 1:545}
