Synonyms:
epic, heroic, larger-than-life
Meaning: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"
Synonyms:
heroic
Meaning: relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; "heroic legends"; "the heroic age"
Synonyms:
heroic, heroical
Meaning: having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"
Synonyms:
expansive, grand, heroic
Meaning: of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
heroic_verse, heroic_meter, heroic
Meaning: a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
Usage examples
Assumed almost heroic proportions
She would make heroic effort to help him to clean, unashamed manhood.
"It would be lovely to be brave and do heroic things," remarked Phyllis.
Then assuming the heroic, she added, "From this moment she is no daughter of mine.
By heroic effort she pulled her face into sobriety--all but her eyes--and announced:
In spite of prayers and heroic attempts, Felix could never get beyond that last bite.
Lucrezia Borgia in her own age may have been heroic: but Lucrezia in this late century!
Had not everybody about town recently made a point of affecting the device of that mysterious and heroic Scarlet Pimpernel?
She sees unmoved the heroic efforts which Hannibal and his army are making to save her, and she will not stretch out a hand to aid him.
Politics were evidently their grand interest; the Duke of Wellington their demi-god. All that related to him belonged to the heroic age.