heroics

Meanings

Noun

• ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct
  • "heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood"
• a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
• The actions of a hero.
• Emergency intervention to save a patient's life.
• Extravagant phrases; bombast.
• plural of heroic

Synonyms

heroic, heroic meter, heroic verse

Related Words

hero, heroic medicine, heroine, heroism