Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 16 compound words that contain heroic. The most common are listed below. Open heroic in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- Heroic AgeOne of the five Ages of Man, the period at which semidivine and human heroes are purported to have lived, between the arrival of the Greeks to Thessaly and the Greek return from Troy.
- heroic doseA particularly large dose of a drug administered in an emergency as heroic medicine, or (in the case of recreational drugs) to produce very pronounced hallucinogenic effects.
- heroic medicineAny of the aggressive medical practices and methods used until the mid-19th century, particularly the dangerous and unproven treatments that were later replaced by scientific approaches.
- mock-heroicPertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.
- heroic coupletA rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter, used in epic poetry.
- heroic epicA long poem that recounts the story of a hero's adventures and deeds, and is usually written in an elevated style.
- heroic meterThe dactylic hexameter.
- heroic verseany of several forms of verse used in epic or dramatic poetry
- heroic coupletsplural of heroic couplet: A rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter, used in epic poetry.
- heroic coolingTechniques for dissipating high heat very quickly.
- heroic assumptionAn assumption that the speaker considers very unlikely to be true but temporarily accepts in order to make a hypothetical argument.
- heroic assumptionsplural of heroic assumption: An assumption that the speaker considers very unlikely to be true but temporarily accepts in order to make a hypothetical argument.
- heroic dosesplural of heroic dose: A particularly large dose of a drug administered in an emergency as heroic medicine, or (in the case of recreational drugs) to produce very pronounced hallucinogenic effects.
- heroic medicinesplural of heroic medicine: Any of the aggressive medical practices and methods used until the mid-19th century, particularly the dangerous and unproven treatments that were later replaced by scientific approaches.
- heroic metersplural of heroic meter: The dactylic hexameter.
- heroic versesplural of heroic verse: any of several forms of verse used in epic or dramatic poetry
- heroic epicsplural of heroic epic: A long poem that recounts the story of a hero's adventures and deeds, and is usually written in an elevated style.
Compound words 16
- antiheroicOf, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
- heroicomicalBlending heroic and comical elements.
- heroicizeTo make or depict as heroic.
- sheroicHeroic in a female or feminist context.
- postheroicAfter the decline of classical heroes.
- preheroicBefore becoming a hero.
- semiheroicSomewhat heroic.
- heroicnessThe state or condition of being heroic; heroism.
- heroicomicAlternative form of heroicomical: Blending heroic and comical elements.
- nonheroicNot heroic.