Definition for High (-er, -est)

high (-er, -est), adj. [OE héah < Germanic.] (webplay: color, court, dear, deep, divine, excellence, feelings, hour, low, mighty, mind, nature, proud, rank, rich, rising, rock, soul, sound, sun, tower, wind).

  1. Great; grand; important; of exalted rank.
  2. Fancy; costly; eloquent; ostentatious.
  3. Fine; excellent; super; top quality; upper class; [fig.] heavenly; exalted; dignified.
  4. Hot; ardent; sultry; intense; extreme.
  5. Loud; acute; sharp; accented; lofty in pitch; intense in musical tone.
  6. Far above; upward in position; [fig.] elevated above mortal constraints.
  7. Difficult; strenuous; inaccessible; out of reach.
  8. Towering over; hovering above; elevated to a higher altitude than.
  9. Phrase. “high up”: proud; haughty; arrogant; overbearing; presumptuous.

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