heroic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/ (General-American)
- /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Partly from Middle French heroïque and partly from Latin hērōicus. By surface analysis, hero + -ic.
Meanings
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Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
heroic deeds
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Courageous; displaying heroism.
Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that's heroic.
1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):To stand upon the ramparts and die for our principles is heroic. To sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.
1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith, Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 40:“I am the one who runs from both the living and the dead,” he says early on—not an especially heroic sentiment.
2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022:
- (qualifier:sculpture) Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more heroic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| heroick | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most heroic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
preheroic · ultraheroic · heroically · heroic medicine · heroicly · heroicize · heroics · heroic epic · mock-heroic · heroic couplet · antiheroic · heroic assumption · unheroic · pseudoheroic · semiheroic · heroicomical · heroic dose · heroicness · superheroic · heroicomic · nonheroic · postheroic · heroic cooling · sheroic · heroic meter
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (83)
hy հերոսական (of or relating to heroism) · uk звитя́жний (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · kk батырлық (of or relating to heroism) · fr héroïque (of or relating to heroism) · pl heroiczny (of or relating to heroism) · da heroisk (of or relating to heroism) · nan-hbl 豪邁 /豪迈 (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · nn heroisk (of or relating to heroism) · de heroisch (of or relating to heroism) · fr héroïque (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · gl heroico (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · fi sankarin (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · ar بُطُولِيّ (of or relating to heroism) · nn heroisk (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · hy հերոսական (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · bg геро́йски (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · pl bohaterski (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · ga laochúil (of or relating to heroism) · sh ју̀на̄чкӣ (of or relating to heroism) · ca heroic (of or relating to heroism) · fi urhoollinen (of or relating to heroism) · bg герои́чен (of or relating to heroism) · kk қаһармандық (of or relating to heroism) · vo heroedanik (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · ro eroic (of or relating to heroism) · el ηρωικός (of or relating to heroism) · eo heroa (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · sk hrdinský (of or relating to heroism) · gl heroico (of or relating to heroism) · io heroatra (of or relating to heroism) · da heroisk (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · sh хѐро̄јски (of or relating to heroism) · be геро́йскі (of or relating to heroism) · fi sankarillinen (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · uk звитя́жний (of or relating to heroism) · fi sankarillinen (of or relating to heroism) · el ηρωικός (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · mk херојски (of or relating to heroism) · sv heroisk (of or relating to heroism) · eo heroa (of or relating to heroism) · kk ерлік (of or relating to heroism) · tr kahramanca yiğitçe (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · cs heroický (of or relating to heroism) · sh hèrōjskī (of or relating to heroism) · pl bohaterski (of or relating to heroism) · cs hrdinský (of or relating to heroism) · grc ἀγήνωρ (of or relating to heroism) · pl heroiczny (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · uk герої́чний (of or relating to heroism) · sh jùnāčkī (of or relating to heroism) · vo heroedik (of or relating to heroism) · ota قوچاق (of or relating to heroism) · ga gaisciúil (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · ka გმირული (of or relating to heroism) · id heroik (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · ro eroic (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · vo jiheroedanik (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · ru герои́ческий (of or relating to heroism) · ca heroic (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · be геро́йскі (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · nb heroisk (of or relating to heroism) · oc eroïc (of or relating to heroism) · uk геро́йський (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · be гераі́чны (of or relating to heroism) · sl junaški (of or relating to heroism) · mk херојски (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · io heroala (of or relating to heroism) · sv heroisk (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · nl heroïsch (of or relating to heroism) · da heltemodig (of or relating to heroism) · de heldenhaft (of or relating to heroism) · sk heroický (of or relating to heroism) · pt heróico (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · vo hiheroedanik (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · es heroico (of or relating to heroism) · nb heroisk (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · ota قوچاق (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · ru геро́йский (of or relating to heroism) · pt heróico (of or relating to heroism) · ru геро́йский (of or relating to a hero or heroine) · nl heldhaftig (of or relating to heroism) · uk геро́йський (of or relating to heroism) · it eroico (of or relating to a hero or heroine)