Associations to the word «Charybdis»

Wiktionary

CHARYBDIS, proper noun. A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
CHARYBDIS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
CHARYBDIS, proper noun. A general term for any dangerous whirlpool

Dictionary definition

CHARYBDIS, noun. (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla.

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