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Noun tantalus has 1 sense
  1. Tantalus - (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it
    --1 is a kind of     mythical being
    Derived forms: verb tantalize1, verb tantalise1
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