heroic

comparative more heroic · superlative most heroic · alternative heroick

1. Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.

   heroic deeds

   Synonyms: Homeric

2. Courageous; displaying heroism.

   “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

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   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

   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)

3. sculptureOf a size larger than life, but less than colossal.

plural heroics · alternative heroick

1. A heroic verse.