high
- noun
- /haɪ/
- NSFW
- It's an addictive high, like all highs in the long run turn out to be, but it's a high that won't hurt you.
- sugar high
- heroin high
- the high lasted
You're yeah, you're chasing, you're chasing a high that just will.
- You're yeah, you're chasing, you're chasing a high that just will.
Examples
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My first real high occurred in my girlfriend's apartment when I was 18.
Blog text (5) -
Finally, fatigue slumped his shoulders and pressed into his bones; the artificial high of the last few hours was gone.
Academic text (1991) -
So this is what people meant by a natural high.
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I got a natural high.
Fiction book (2001) -
The high lasts less than 15 minutes.
Academic text (1991) -
It was almost like a natural high.
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Nothing compares to the high of winning, of popping that champagne.
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You think I act like I'm high on the job sometimes.
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But the actual high can last a few hours.
Synonyms
A strong feeling of excitement that makes you lose control
A feeling of very strong happiness caused by drugs or alcohol
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
To be at the top of a place or feel very excited, sometimes meaning from a power above
- NSFW
A state of great excitement and happiness, sometimes from drinking alcohol or taking drugs
- Informal
To feel too proud of your own work or ideas and ignore other people's advice
- Informal
To stop acting like you are better than other people
- Informal
To act as if you are better than others and tell them they are wrong
- Informal
To be in a risky situation that needs great care to avoid failure
- Informal
Act with dignity and good behavior when others act mean or unfair
Compounds
- Specialized
A condition in which blood pushes too hard against vessel walls and increases health risks
- UK
The top group of judges in a country or state that hears the most important cases and appeals
- Informal
A gesture two people make by slapping raised open hands together to celebrate
- Specialized
A very strong chemical that explodes quickly and makes a lot of gas and energy
- Informal
A gesture where two people each raise one hand and slap palms to celebrate
- Formal
A crime of betraying someone's country by trying to overthrow the government or help its enemies
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
How Intoxicated
- Specialized
- NSFW
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
A high caused by drugs or alcohol is the same basic idea of being 'raised' above normal feeling from old English heah, and it names the altered state itself. So people talk about chasing a high when they seek that changed feeling.