Heroic and Scary

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Heroic

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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Scary is an antonym for heroic.
Nearby Words: hero, heroism, heroically

Scary

Scary adjective - Easily frightened.
Usage example: a scary horse who spooked and kicked at its own shadow
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Heroic is an antonym for scary.
Nearby Words: scare, scar, scared, scaring
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  • Heroic B.S.O.D.: Missy has a really scary one when she returns back to the real world only to find that she's still an Eevee.
    Source: Fan Fic / Pokémon: Storm Clouds
  • Comic Book / Joker Deconstruction: Word of God states that the series was meant to make the Joker scary again, after all the anti-heroic and idealized traits he'd acquired by fans.
    Source: Comic Book / Joker
  • Creator / Patrick Senecal Rom and Nat have become quite famous around the neighborhood for their heroic acts in the previous book, but a new threat comes in the form of a scary schoolteacher: Madame Wenham.
    Source: Creator / Patrick Senecal
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