Dashing and Heroic

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Dashing adjective - Inclined or willing to take risks.

Usage example: the dashing heroes in stories about the American West

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Heroic and dashing are semantically related in valorous topic. In some cases you can use "Heroic" instead an adjective "Dashing".

Nearby Words: dashed, dashingly, dasher

Heroic adjective - Feeling or displaying no fear by temperament.

Usage example: a memorial honoring the heroic nurses who served in the war

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Dashing and heroic are semantically related in valorous topic. Sometimes you can use "Dashing" instead an adjective "Heroic".

Nearby Words: hero, heroism, heroically

Prince Charming Wannabe: Gaston, towards Belle; he thinks he's a dashing and heroic suitor that will sweep her off her feet.

Source: Disney / Beauty and the Beast
Like Batman (or that other early "superhero", Zorro), the Pimpernel is a wealthy personage who hides behind a foppish face by day and performs dashing and heroic deeds under the cover of darkness.

Source: Literature / The Scarlet Pimpernel
Not So Different: It is chilling when you realize that Lieutenant Elgin (young, dashing, heroic, dutiful, compassionate) is almost a carbon copy of Lieutenant John Dunbar not so long ago.

Source: Film / Dances with Wolves

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