sky-high
- adverb
- /skaɪ haɪ/
- And profit went sky high for three or four months and sales then crashed.
- blows sky-high
- go sky-high
- sky-high cholesterol
Again, the lactose in these things are going to spike your blood sugar sky high.
- Again, the lactose in these things are going to spike your blood sugar sky high.
Examples
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- My confidence is sky-high right now.
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My blood pressure went sky-high; my doctor said it was stress/anxiety.
Academic text (2007) -
Therefore, the once sky-high amount of interest has dwindled down to only a few teams.
Blog text (27) -
The price of gas went sky-high, and I am now experiencing 115-degree days!
Blog text (1) -
His value is sky-high right now, and I'm a little leery of him long term.
Blog text (2) -
Bottom line: The Fed's money-printing policies are driving commodities sky high, helping Wall Street speculators.
Blog text (25) -
My excitement was sky-high when I heard about the concert coming to town.
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The company's profits reached sky-high levels after the successful product launch.
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With sky-high expectations for the new movie, the audience was eager to see it on opening night.
Synonyms
Much higher than normal in amount or level
Much higher than normal or expected
To make something as intense or dramatic as possible
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sky-high joins sky and high to paint a picture of something sent 'into the sky' or thrown very far up. So, to say a building was blown sky-high is to say it was sent very high or destroyed in a huge blast.