Synonyms for epic


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ep-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp ɪk


Définition of epic

Origin :
  • 1580s, perhaps via Middle French épique or directly from Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos "word, story, poem," from PIE *wekw- "to speak" (see voice). Extended sense of "grand, heroic" first recorded in English 1731. The noun meaning "an epic poem" is first recorded 1706.
  • noun long story
Example sentences :
  • She speaks in equal ruptures of an opera dancer and an epic poet.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • In the third place the epic, in which there are heroes and other lesser personages.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad » by Walter Harte
  • And its incorporation is by no means equivalent to the pollution of epic.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad » by Walter Harte
  • And what an epic, what a Biblical numbering of that people suggested itself!
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • An epic story of the Great West from which the famous picture was made.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • Milton in his day doubted whether an epic poem was any longer possible.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • If they rival that epic of yours, which I have never forgotten, they should be worth hearing.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • I think he was writing an epic poem, and I think he was happy in an ineffectual way.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • His boots were an epic of despair, his necktie was a tragedy.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • No saga will ever glorify their deeds, no epic make them immortal.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Antonyms for epic

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