heroic
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
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/hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/ · /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/ · /ˈhiro.ɪk/
Definition of heroic
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
“heroic deeds”
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adj
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Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
“heroic deeds”
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Courageous; displaying heroism.
“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.”
“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.”
““I am the one who runs from both the living and the dead,” he says early on—not an especially heroic sentiment.”
- Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.
noun
- A heroic verse.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Partly from Middle French heroïque and partly from Latin hērōicus. By surface analysis, hero + -ic.
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