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lion-hearted adj
very brave; courageous lion-heartedly adv lionheartedness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms lion-hearted adjective brave, daring, bold, heroic, courageous, stalwart, resolute, intrepid, valiant, dauntless, valorous He came back to produce a lion-hearted performance in the 200 metres. cowardly, abject, spineless, gutless (informal), craven, timorous, pusillanimous, yellow (informal), faint-hearted, chickenshit (U.S. slang), chicken-hearted, lily-livered, wimpish or wimpy (informal) Translations lion-hearted [ˈlaɪənˌhɑːtɪd] adj → molto coraggioso/a lion-hearted [ˈlaɪənˌhɑːtɪd] adj → molto coraggioso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| First I lost my brave and lion-hearted husband, who had every good quality under heaven, and whose name was great over all Hellas and middle Argos, and now my darling son is at the mercy of the winds and waves, without my having heard one word about his leaving home. But I would have sacrificed the life of every man of us rather than desert a single red man, much less the lion-hearted hero who begged us to leave him. King Richard died upon the battlefield, in such a way as properly became a lion-hearted king, as you yourself, no doubt, know; so, after a time, the Earl of Huntingdon--or Robin Hood, as we still call him as of old-- finding nothing for his doing abroad, came back to merry England again. |
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