About The Word Heroic
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Heroic
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What's The Definition Of Heroic?
[adj] having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"
[adj] showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life" [adj] impressive in size or scope; "heroic undertakings" [adj] surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale; "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" [adj] relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; "heroic legends"; "the heroic age" Synonyms | Synonyms for Heroic: big | bold | brave | courageous | desperate | epic | fearless | grand | heroical | impressive | large | larger-than-life Related Terms | Find terms related to Heroic: abysmal | acknowledged | admitted | Alcaic | alto | altruistic | Anacreontic | astronomic | Atlantean | audacious | august | bardic | baritone | bass | big | bighearted | bold | bold-spirited | brave | bravura | Brobdingnagian | bucolic | Castalian | chivalric | chivalrous | choral | choric | classical | coloratura | colossal | conventional | courageous | customary | Cyclopean | daring | dauntless | desperate | determined | didactic | distinguished | dithyrambic | doughty | dramatic | drastic | eclogic | elegiac | elephantine | elevated | eminent | enormous | epic | established | exaggerated | exalted | extravagant | extreme | fabulous | falsetto | famous | fearless | fixed | folk | gallant | Gargantuan | generous | giant | giantlike | gigantic | glorious | godlike | grand | grandiose | great | great of heart | greathearted | hallowed | handed down | handsome | hardy | Herculean | herolike | high | high-minded | hoary | Homeric | honorable | Hudibrastic | huge | hymnal | idealistic | idyllic | immemorial | immense | infinite | intrepid | inveterate | ironhearted | jumbo | knightlike | knightly | largehearted | lauded | legendary | liberal | lionhearted | liturgical | lofty | long-established | long-standing | lyric | magnanimous | magnificent | magniloquent | majestic | mammoth | manful | manly | mighty | miraculous | mock-heroic | monster | monstrous | monumental | mountainous | mythological | narrative | noble | noble-minded | of long standing | of the folk | openhanded | operatic | oral | pastoral | Pierian | Pindaric | plucky | poetic | poetico-mystical | poetico-mythological | poetico-philosophic | poetlike | prescriptive | princely | prodigious | profound | prominent | psalmic | psalmodial | psalmodic | renowned | rhapsodic | rooted | runic | sacred | sapphic | singing | skaldic | soaring | soldierlike | soldierly | soprano | stalwart | staunch | steadfast | stout | stouthearted | stupendous | sublime | superb | tenor | Theocritean | time-honored | titanic | towering | traditional | treble | tremendous | tried and true | true-blue | unafraid | undaunted | understood | unwritten | upstanding | valiant | valorous | vast | venerable | virile | virtuous | vocal | wonderful | worshipful See Also | Heroic In Webster's Dictionary \He*ro"ic\, a. [F. h['e]ro["i]que, L. hero["i]cus, Gr.
?.]
1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of
heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the
heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as,
heroic action; heroic enterprises.
3. (Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller
than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human
figure.
{Heroic Age}, the age when the heroes, or those called the
children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
{Heroic poetry}, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero;
epic poetry.
{Heroic} {treatment or remedies} (Med.), treatment or
remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate
case.
{Heroic verse} (Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry,
being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten
syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and
in classic poetry the hexameter.
Syn: Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold;
gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous;
illustrious.
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