pyrrhic
/ˈpɪrɪk/
adjective
- Describing a victory that is won at such a great cost that it is almost the same as a defeat.
- She got the promotion, but it was a pyrrhic victory since she lost all her friends in the process.
- Winning the lawsuit was a pyrrhic victory because the legal fees bankrupted the company.
- The general's pyrrhic victory left his army too weak to fight another battle.
Antonyms
noun
- A metrical foot in poetry consisting of two short or unstressed syllables.
- The poet used a pyrrhic to create a quick, light rhythm in the verse.
- Scanning the poem, the student identified a pyrrhic followed by a spondee.
- In the line 'to a green thought in a green shade,' the word 'in a' forms a pyrrhic.