Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun charybdis

1 sense of charybdis

Sense 1
Charybdis -- ((Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla)
       => whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom -- (a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides))