51Թ

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

sky-high

[skahy-hahy]

adverb

  1. very high.

    Costs have gone sky-high since the war.



sky-high

adjective

  1. at or to an unprecedented or excessive level

    prices rocketed sky-high

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. high into the air

  2. to destroy completely

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sky-high1

First recorded in 1810–20
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Finally, he took a job as an unarmed security guard in South L.A. working a graveyard shift — at a time when L.A.’s murder rate was sky-high.

From

Yet that one sentence, Crane believes, is a large part of why the cancer rates never reached the sky-high levels many of those doctors feared.

From

In a full count, Muncy did, launching a sky-high pop-up down the first base line.

From

The aptly dramatic “Am I the Drama?” cover art features Cardi B in an abstract red body suit and matching fishnet tights grabbing the heel of one of her sky-high platform pumps.

From

When a health team visited one diabetic patient recently at home, they found her blood sugar levels sky-high, Mangia said.

From

Advertisement

Related 51Թs

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


skyfskyhome