English-Thai Dictionary

heroic

ADJ กล้าหาญ  brave courageous valorous cowardly fearful spineless kla-han

 

heroic

ADV อย่างกล้าหาญ  เป็น วีรบุรุษ  เป็น พระเอก  yang-kla-han

 

heroical

ADJ กล้าหาญ  brave courageous valorousbrave courageous valorous cowardly fearful spineless kla-han

 

heroicness

N ความกล้าหาญ  ความหรูหรา สง่างาม 

 

heroics

N ความกล้าหาญ  kwam-kla-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEROIC

a.Pertaining to a hero or heroes; as heroic valor. 1. Becoming a hero; bold; daring; illustrious; as heroic action; heroic enterprises.
2. Brave; intrepid; magnanimous; enterprising; illustrious for valor; as Hector, the heroic son of Priam; a heroic race.
3. Productive of heroes; as a heroic line in pedigree.
4. Reciting the achievements of heroes; as a heroic poem.
5. Used in heroic poetry or hexameter; as heroic verse; a heroic foot.
Heroic age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.

 

HEROICAL

a.The same as heroic. [Little used. ]

 

HEROICALLY

adv. In the manner of a hero; with valor; bravely; courageously; intrepidly. The wall was heroically defended.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEROIC

He *ro "ic, a. Etym: [F. héroïque, L. heroïcus, Gr.

 

1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.

 

2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.

 

3. (Sculpture & Painting )

 

Defn: 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.

 

Syn. -- Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold; gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous; illustrious.

 

HEROICAL

HEROICAL He *ro "ic *al, a.

 

Defn: Heroic. [R.] Spectator. -- He *ro "ic *al *ly, adv. -- He *ro "ic *al *ness, n.

 

HEROICNESS

HEROICNESS He *ro "ic *ness, n.

 

Defn: Heroism. [R.] W. Montagu.

 

HEROICOMIC; HEROICOMICAL

He `ro *i *com "ic, He `ro *i *com "ic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. héroïcomigue. See Heroic, and Comic. ]

 

Defn: Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

heroic

he ro ic |həˈrōik həˈroʊɪk | ▶adjective having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; very brave: heroic deeds | a few heroic individuals. • of or representing heroes or heroines: early medieval heroic poetry. • (of language or a work of art ) grand or grandiose in scale or intention: one passes under pyramids and obelisks, all on a heroic scale. • Sculpture (of a statue ) larger than life-size but less than colossal. ▶noun (heroics ) 1 behavior or talk that is bold or dramatic, esp. excessively or unexpectedly so: the makeshift team performed heroics. 2 short for heroic verse. DERIVATIVES he ro i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French heroique or Latin heroicus, from Greek hērōikos ‘relating to heroes, ’ from hērōs ‘hero. ’

 

heroic age

hero ¦ic age ▶noun the period in Greek history and legend before the Trojan War and its aftermath, in which the legends of the heroes were set.

 

heroic couplet

he ro ic cou plet |həˈroʊɪk ˈkəplət | ▶noun (in verse ) a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.

 

heroic stanza

he ro ic stan za ▶noun a rhyming quatrain in heroic verse. Also called heroic quatrain. • (in English poetry ) a quatrain in iambic pentameter rhyming abab or abba . Compare with elegiac stanza .

 

heroic verse

he ro ic verse ▶noun a type of verse used for epic or heroic subjects, such as the dactylic hexameter, iambic pentameter, or alexandrine. Also called heroic meter.

 

Oxford Dictionary

heroic

hero ¦ic |hɪˈrəʊɪk | ▶adjective 1 having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; admirably brave or determined: heroic deeds | heroic bomb disposal experts. • of or representing heroes or heroines: early medieval heroic poetry. 2 (of language or a work of art ) grand or grandiose in scale or intention: one passes under pyramids and obelisks, all on a heroic scale. • Sculpture (of a statue ) larger than life size but less than colossal. ▶noun (heroics ) 1 behaviour or talk that is bold or dramatic: the England star is getting special treatment because of his World Cup heroics. 2 short for heroic verse. DERIVATIVES heroically adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French heroique or Latin heroicus, from Greek hērōikos ‘relating to heroes ’, from hērōs ‘hero ’.

 

heroic age

hero ¦ic age ▶noun the period in Greek history and legend before the Trojan War and its aftermath, in which the legends of the heroes were set.

 

heroic couplet

hero ¦ic coup |let ▶noun (in verse ) a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.

 

heroic stanza

he ro ic stan za ▶noun a rhyming quatrain in heroic verse. Also called heroic quatrain. • (in English poetry ) a quatrain in iambic pentameter rhyming abab or abba . Compare with elegiac stanza .

 

heroic verse

hero ¦ic verse ▶noun [ mass noun ] a type of verse used for epic or heroic subjects, such as the hexameter, iambic pentameter, or alexandrine.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

heroic

heroic adjective firefighters perform heroic acts every single day: brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, lionhearted, superhuman, intrepid, bold, fearless, daring, audacious; unafraid, undaunted, dauntless, doughty, plucky, manly, stout-hearted, mettlesome; gallant, chivalrous, noble; informal gutsy, spunky, ballsy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

heroic

heroic adjective 1 a national flag can motivate citizens to heroic deeds | heroic rescuers: brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, intrepid, bold, daring, audacious, superhuman, Herculean, fearless, doughty, undaunted, dauntless, unafraid, plucky, indomitable, stout-hearted, lionhearted, mettlesome, venturesome, gallant, stalwart, chivalrous, noble; N. Amer. rock-ribbed; informal gutsy, spunky, ballsy, feisty; rare venturous. ANTONYMS cowardly; fearful. 2 a heroic achievement: prodigious, grand, enormous, huge, massive, titanic, colossal, monumental, stupendous; epic, Homeric; informal mega. ANTONYMS modest.

 

Spanish Dictionary

heroicidad

heroicidad nombre femenino 1 Cualidad de la persona o cosa que es heroica :los supervivientes admiraron la heroicidad del bombero .2 Acción heroica :el soldado relató las heroicidades de sus compañeros .

 

heroico, -ca

heroico, -ca adjetivo 1 Del héroe o propio de él :acto heroico; comportamiento heroico; virtudes heroicas; un heroico capitán .2 adjetivo /nombre femenino [poema, literatura ] Que relata con énfasis y entusiasmo grandes hazañas y proezas memorables :la poesía heroica es propia de la Edad Media .3 adjetivo [verso ] Que por su ritmo es apropiado a temas elevados :romance heroico; endecasílabo heroico .4 [resolución, medida ] Que se toma en una situación extrema, generalmente por comportar un grave riesgo .5 [época, tiempo ] Que es memorable, especialmente aquel en el que se ha hecho un gran esfuerzo para sacar adelante una cosa :los tiempos heroicos del sufragismo; los tiempos heroicos del cine sin palabras .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

heroic

he ro ic /həróʊɪk /→hero 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人などが 〉英雄の , 非常に勇敢な ; 〈行為などが 〉壮烈な , 立派な ; 果敢な (courageous )▸ a heroic deed 英雄的な行動 ▸ make a heroic effort 英雄らしく立派な努力をする 2 (比較なし )〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗英雄に関する 〈物語など 〉; 叙事詩の .3 〈割合 規模などが 〉とても大きい ▸ The landscape is on a heroic scale .その景色は壮大である 4 〈文体が 〉雄大な ; 誇張した .5 〘美 〙〈彫刻などが 〉実物より大きい 〘実物大 (life-size )以上で巨大 (colossal )以下 〙.名詞 〖～s; 複数扱い 〗1 ｟話 非難して ｠おおげさに英雄きどりする言動 .2 英雄的な行動 .～̀ á ge 〖the ～〗(ギリシャ神話の神人たちがいた )神人 [英雄 ]時代 .～̀ c ó uplet 〘韻律 〙英雄詩体2行連句 〘弱強5歩格の押韻対句 〙.～̀ v é rse 〘韻律 〙英雄詩体 〘叙事詩 史詩などで用いる; 英詩では弱強5歩格 〙.

 

heroically

he r ó i cal ly /-k (ə )li /副詞 勇敢に, 英雄らしく ; 壮烈に .