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Meanings of heroic in English
Catalan
vers heroic Spanish
verso heróico A verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter.
Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
Synonyms
Examples for "epic"
Examples for "epic"
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Which American Civil War epic is concerned concerns the plantation at Tara?
2
Woolworths has just dropped an epic list of 60 new festive products.
3
The novel is an often disturbing, often funny and always epic work.
4
In the epic, all the strength of Çiva lies in the Linga.
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She decided he was the right author to finish Jordan's epic work.
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Of course it was, it was merely Tom being his larger-than-life self.
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They often have larger-than-life personalities coupled with baffling displays of deep insecurity.
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NASA funding has depended in no small part upon the larger-than-life mythology.
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Even now, Logan knowing what he did, Michael retained his larger-than-life image.
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It's been an eventful month that saw larger-than-life news stories breaking this week.
Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope.
Related terms
Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort.
Related terms
Usage of heroic in English
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In physique they were heroic; both were lawyers; both were natural orators.
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One cannot but admire the heroic pastoral work done by Fr Good.
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Please enjoy these stirring and heroic images of great women throughout history.
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These trip reports leave vivid images of heroic maneuvers to avoid lines.
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This tragedy is written in heroic verse; the plot from Justin, lib.
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The heroic emperors were uniformly victors; but their victories were in vain.
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According to all accounts, her work during the smallpox epidemic was heroic.
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Bridwell's nonchalant withdrawals from the public fund stopped seeming quite so heroic.
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And always ones of war and battle, heroic yet ending in tragedy.
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The heroic couplet in which it was cast was the standard metre.
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Cadorna's judgement on the assaults on Mrzli was succinct: 'heroic but senseless'.
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Even the heroic breast of the Knight of Montfaucon heaved in doubt.
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The men of Plassans stood in the middle of this heroic battalion.
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He waited several seconds and then made a heroic effort to stand.
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He had in the utmost strength and purity the genuine heroic nature.
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They suggest a need for heroic growth and profit assumptions by Netflix.
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Heroic through the time
Heroic across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
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