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See definition of lion-hearted on Dictionary.com
  • as inheroic
  • as inmanful
  • as inmanly
  • as invaliant

synonyms for lion-hearted

  • bold
  • courageous
  • daring
  • epic
  • fearless
  • gallant
  • grand
  • gutsy
  • noble
  • valiant
  • classic
  • elevated
  • bigger than life
  • dauntless
  • doughty
  • exaggerated
  • fire-eating
  • grandiose
  • gritty
  • gutty
  • high-flown
  • impavid
  • inflated
  • intrepid
  • mythological
  • stand tall
  • stouthearted
  • unafraid
  • undaunted
  • valorous

antonyms for lion-hearted

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  • afraid
  • cowardly
  • fearful
  • meek
  • shy
  • timid
  • weak
    • effeminate
    • unmanly
    • unmasculine
    • afraid
    • cowardly
    • fearful
    • frail
    • impotent
    • timid
    • weak
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    How to use lion-hearted in a sentence

    The simple honest-hearted General, who knew not the guile of their hearts, was deluded into wishing them success.
    SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
    Thereafter he ran away from school twice, having been seized with a romantic and irresistible desire to see and shoot a lion!
    HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
    The strength of the lion is tremendous, owing to the immense mass of muscle around its jaws, shoulders, and forearms.
    HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
    The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
    THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
    But his head was too hot to wear a thinking cap, and no story would come at his half-hearted call.
    ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
    Up to this period he had not been successful in accomplishing his great wish—the shooting of a lion.
    HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
    He was a big-bodied, big-hearted, ruddy-faced, farmerlike man of fifty or so; and the service was proud of him.
    FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOW
    When a hungry lion is watching for prey, the sight of any animal will make him commence stalking it.
    HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
    On the other side the ammonia brought out a picture of the Victory, with the head of a roaring lion below it.
    UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
    Much has been said and written about the courage of the lion, and his ability to attack and kill any other animal.
    HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
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    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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