Quick definitions from WordNet (Damocles)
▸ noun: the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
▸ Also see damoclean
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▸ noun: the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
▸ Also see damoclean
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to damocles
▸ Usage examples for damocles
▸ Popular adjectives describing damocles
▸ Words that often appear near damocles
▸ Rhymes of damocles
▸ Invented words related to damocles