sky-high en · ADJ
Etymology
From sky + high.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) extremely tall
a sky-high building
She is elegant on sky-high heels in spite of the rubble and the cracks in the paving.
2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 20:
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(not-comparable) excessive, exorbitant
Superinflation blew prices sky-high.
They had to bid against a private buyer, which pushed the price sky high.
2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Saved: Trust protects Adrian Shooter's legacy”, in RAIL, number 987, page 28:The fees were sky-high, so I refused to pay.
Synonyms
exorbitant · topless · usurious · elevated · extortious · inordinate · lofty · exorbiant · extortionate · extortionable · extortionate · eminent · tall · penal · skyscraping · exalted · disproportionate · sky-high · extravagant · inordinate · high
Translations (15)
da skyhøj (extremely tall) · nb skyhøg (extremely tall) · sv skyhög (extremely tall) · hi गगनचुंबी (extremely tall) · nn skyhøg (extremely tall) · bg до небето (extremely tall) · pdt himmelhuach (extremely tall) · nb skyhøy (extremely tall) · it alle stelle (excessive, exorbitant) · de himmelhoch (excessive, exorbitant) · nb skyhøy (excessive, exorbitant) · nb skyhøg (excessive, exorbitant) · de himmelhoch (extremely tall) · nn skyhøg (excessive, exorbitant) · da tårnhøj (extremely tall)