heroicadjective
uk/hɪˈrəʊ.ɪk/us/hɪˈroʊ.ɪk/C1 very brave or great:
a heroic act/deed
C1 informal If you make a heroic attempt or effort to do something, you try very hard to do it:
Despite Roz's heroic efforts to liven it up, the party was a disaster.
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Brave and courageous
- adventurous
- audacious
- ballsy
- be man enough to do sth idiom
- bite
- faint
- get sth up
- get your courage up idiom
- grasp the nettle idiom
- gritty
- gutsy
- have nerves of steel idiom
- knightly
- muster
- nerve
- plucky
- screw
- screw up your courage idiom
- spunky
- stouthearted
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Trying and making an effort
heroically
adverb uk/hɪˈrəʊ.ɪ.kəl.i/us/hɪˈroʊ.ɪ.kəl.i/
She fought heroically against the disease.