heroic

Adjective

• showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
  • made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber
    
  • the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war- G.C.Marshall
    
  • they took heroic measures to save his life
    

• 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
    

• having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
  • the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy
    
  • heroic explorers
    

• relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity
  • heroic legends
    
  • the heroic age
    

• very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
  • an epic voyage
    
  • of heroic proportions
    
  • heroic sculpture
    

Noun

• a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  desperate , expansive , grand , heroical , epic , larger-than-life , heroic verse , heroic meter