heroic
adjective/həˈrəʊɪk/
/həˈrəʊɪk/
- showing extreme courage and admired by many people synonym courageous
- She is a heroic figure we can all look up to.
- Rescuers made heroic efforts to save the crew.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- truly
- very
- almost
- …
- showing a determined effort to succeed or to achieve something, especially something difficult
- We watched our team's heroic struggle to win back the cup.
- a truly heroic battle
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- truly
- very
- almost
- …
- that is about or involves a hero
- a heroic story/poem
- heroic deeds/myths
- very large or great
- This was foolishness on a heroic scale.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French heroique or Latin heroicus, from Greek hērōikos ‘relating to heroes’, from hērōs ‘hero’.
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