high

high
I. a.
1.
Lofty, elevated, tall, high-reaching, heaven-kissing, of great altitude.
2.
Eminent, prominent, pre-eminent, distinguished, superior.
3.
Elevated, exalted, noble, dignified, lofty, great, admirable.
4.
Abstruse, recondite, occult, obscure, dark, transcendental, profound.
5.
Proud, haughty, arrogant, supercilious, lordly, lofty.
6.
Boastful, ostentatious, bragging, vainglorious.
7.
Oppressive, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, despotic.
8.
Violent, strong, boisterous, turbulent, to multuous.
9.
Great, strong, extreme.
10.
Complete, full.
11.
Dear, of great price.
12.
Acute, sharp, shrill, high-toned, high-pitched.
13.
Remote from the equator, northerly, southerly.
14.
Remote (in time), early, primeval.
15.
Capital, extreme, done against the State.
16.
Strong-flavored, verging on taint.
II. ad.
1.
Aloft, on high, to a great height.
2.
Profoundly, powerfully.
3.
Eminently, loftily.
4.
Richly, luxuriously.

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