heroic
heroic is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
- 2.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absurdity
- altruism
- anticlimax
- awkward
- baroque
- bathos
- bear
- benevolence
- bizarre
- block
- bombast
- bombastic
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- chivalrous
- chivalry
- comedy
- comical
- comicality
- commit
- contemptible
- dancing
- derisive
- devoted
- devotion
- disinterested
- disinterestedness
- doggerel
- done
- droll
- drollery
- drollish
- eccentric
- eccentricity
- elevated
- elevation
- exaltation
- exalted
- extravagance
- extravagant
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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