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hero worship
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hero worship
admiration for great men (or their memory)
hero worship meaning(s)
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- (n) admiration for great men (or their memory)
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- Half in hero worship and half in fear, the local peasants clamped their lips tight and kept their faces deadpan when police asked questions about Giuliano.
- At 38, Khan has reached a level of hero worship attained by few actors in history.
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hero worshiper
someone who worships heroes
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hero worshipper
someone who worships heroes
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hero-worship
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
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herod
/ˈhɛ rəd/
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king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering…
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herod the great
king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus…
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herodotus
the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between…
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heroes
/ˈhɪ roʊz/
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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
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heroic
/hɪ ˈroʊ ɪk/
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of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
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heroic couplet
a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written…
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heroic meter
a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic…
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heroic poem
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
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heroic poetry
poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
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heroic stanza
a quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style;…
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heroic tale
a story of an adventure
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heroic verse
a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic…
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heroica puebla de zaragoza
a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico…
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heroical
/hɪ ˈrəʊ ɪ kəl/
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having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
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heroically
/ˌhɪ ˈroʊ ɪk li/
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in a heroic manner
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heroics
/hɪ ˈroʊ ɪks/
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ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct
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heroin
/ˈhɛ roʊ ən/
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a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative;…
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heroin addict
someone addicted to heroin
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heroin addiction
an addiction to heroin
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heroine
/ˈhɛ roʊ ən/
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the main good female character in a work of fiction