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high

adjective
  1. Extending to a great height: tall. See high
  2. Having a rather great upward projection: long 1, tall. See high
  3. Long past: ancient, immemorial. See new
  4. Elevated in pitch: high-pitched, piercing, piping, shrieky, shrill, shrilly, treble. Music: acute. See high, sounds
  5. Exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or style: elevated, eloquent, exalted, grand, high-flown, lofty. See high, style
  6. Abnormally increased, especially in intensity: elevated, heightened, raised. See increase
  7. Bringing a high price: costly, dear, expensive, high-priced. See transactions, value
  8. Intensely violent in sustained velocity: fierce, furious, heavy, strong. See strong
  9. Slang. Stupefied, intoxicated, or otherwise influenced by the taking of drugs: drugged. Informal: doped. Slang: hopped-up, lit (up), potted, spaced-out, stoned, turned-on, wiped-out, zonked. See drugs
  10. Slang. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor: besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy. Informal: cockeyed, stewed. Slang: blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked. Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in (or to) the wind. See drugs
noun
Slang. A strong, pleasant feeling of excitement or stimulation: lift, thrill. Informal: wallop. Slang: bang, boot 1, kick. See excite

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