单词	unheroic
释义	unheroic adjective un·​he·​ro·​ic ˌən-hi-ˈrō-ik   also  -her-ˈō-,  or  -hē-ˈrō- : not heroic unheroic policy changes the book's timid, unheroic protagonist We should treat old people better, if only for the unheroic prudential reason that we may one day grow old ourselves. Philip Howard Synonyms chicken chicken-livered chickenhearted cowardly craven dastardly gutless lily-livered milk-livered [archaic] poltroon pusillanimous recreant spineless yellow See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Capturing that horror, and giving a very unheroic cinematic vision of war, was one of the main goals for director Edward Berger in his new, German-language adaption of All Quiet on the Western Front. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2022 Its stars still burn brightly—perhaps especially so in our own gruesomely unheroic times—with Ernest Shackleton considered by many to be the brightest star of them all. Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2022 But it’s the Englishman’s perspective — not just that of Hugh, but Jeremy Irons’ dry, decent but fatally unheroic Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain — that this predominantly English-language affair ultimately favors. Guy Lodge, Variety, 30 Dec. 2021 And yet when one reads through the FDOH documents that chronicle the affair, one is struck by how dull and unheroic the whole thing really was. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 13 May 2021 Iron Man drinks heavily, beds plenty of women and generally acts fairly unheroic. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Jan. 2021 Alvaro, younger than Serafina and penniless, is passionate but unheroic, and Serafina, used to a blunter kind of masculinity, can’t make up her mind about him. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019 Through six games as the starter in Denver, his rather unheroic role in the Broncos’ boring offense has been painfully well-defined: Don’t mess it up. Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2019 The government Sunstein has always wanted and still wants is balanced, dispassionate, evidence-based, and ferociously unheroic. Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 20 June 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1732, in the meaning defined above unheroic adjective as in cowardly having or showing a shameful lack of courage the new biography casts the romanticized outlaw in a much more vicious and unheroic light Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cowardly craven frightened pusillanimous gutless dastardly scared afraid spineless poltroon yellow recreant timid careful lily-livered chicken diffident fearful weak chickenhearted cautious timorous milk-livered unmanly feeble chicken-livered fainthearted bashful coy wary shy soft Antonyms & Near Antonyms heroic brave courageous daring valiant gallant valorous hardy dauntless intrepid stout heroical gutsy fearless stalwart bold audacious brazen cheeky stouthearted spirited nervy doughty lionhearted plucky spunky greathearted resolute determined See More
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