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lionhearted
adjective li·on·heart·ed \ˈlī-ən-ˌhär-təd\
: very brave
Full Definition of LIONHEARTED
: courageous, brave
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First Known Use of LIONHEARTED
1616
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- Synonyms
- bold, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, gutty, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, brave, manful, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous
- Antonyms
- chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, coward, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], nerveless, poltroon, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, spineless, spiritless, timorous, uncourageous, ungallant, unheroic, weakhearted, yellow
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