heroicsnoun [ plural ]
uk/hɪˈrəʊ.ɪks/us/hɪˈroʊ.ɪks/mainly disapprovingdangerous or silly actions that are only done to make other people admire you:
I was in no mood for heroics after my fall and skied very slowly down the mountainside.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Doing things without fear or proper thought
- bravado
- daredevil
- desperado
- devil-may-care
- foolhardy
- impulsive
- impulsiveness
- lemming
- like lemmings idiom
- like there is/was no tomorrow idiom
- precipitation
- rash
- second thought
- snap
- thought
- throw
- throw caution to the wind/winds idiom
- tomorrow
- trigger-happy
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