Between Scylla and Charybdis.
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Charybdis
//kəˈɹɪbdɪs//
Synonyms for "charybdis" (33 found)
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22 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Χάρυβδις name (Greek mythological monster)
Armenian
1 entries- Քարիբդա name (Greek mythological monster)
Czech
1 entries- Charybda name (Greek mythological monster)
Danish
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French
1 entries- Charybde name (Greek mythological monster)
German
1 entries- Charybdis name (Greek mythological monster)
Greek
2 entries- Χάρυβδη name (Greek mythological monster)
- Χάρυβδις name (Greek mythological monster)
Greenlandic
1 entries- Karybdis name (Greek mythological monster)
Hungarian
1 entries- Kharübdisz name (Greek mythological monster)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᖃᕆᑉᑎᔅ name (Greek mythological monster)
Italian
1 entries- Cariddi name (Greek mythological monster)
Japanese
1 entries- カリュブディス name (Greek mythological monster)
Korean
1 entries- 카리브디스 name (Greek mythological monster)
Latin
1 entries- Charybdis name (Greek mythological monster)
Polish
1 entries- Charybda name (Greek mythological monster)
Portuguese
1 entries- Caríbdis name (Greek mythological monster)
Russian
1 entries- Хари́бда name (Greek mythological monster)
Spanish
1 entries- Caribdis name (Greek mythological monster)
Swahili
1 entries- Kharibdi name (Greek mythological monster)
Turkish
1 entries- Haribdis name (Greek mythological monster)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Харі́бда name (Greek mythological monster)
Sample sentences
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Tom is caught between Scylla and Charybdis.
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"Here Scylla, leftward sits Charybdis fell, / who, yawning thrice, her lowest depths laid bare, / sucks the vast billows in her throat's dark hell, / then starward spouts the refluent surge in air."
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"Behold / Charybdis!" cries Anchises, "'tis the shore, / the dreaded rocks that Helenus foretold. / Row, comrades, for dear life, and let the oars catch hold."
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