sky-highadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌskʌɪˈhʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˌskaɪˈhaɪ/

Forms: see sky n.¹ and high adj. and n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, high adj.

Etymology: < sky n.¹ + high adj. Compare heaven-high adj. and heaven-high adv.

A. adj.

1. Extending far upwards as if reaching the sky; very tall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable

higheOE

steepOE

heaven-highOE

highlyOE

brentc1400

hightc1480

hichty1513

procere1542

tall1548

spiringa1552

towereda1552

tower-like1552

upstretched1563

airy1565

excelse1569

haughty1570

topless1589

lofty1590

procerous1599

kiss-sky1603

skyish1604

topful?1611

aspiringc1620

sky-high1622

hiddy1632

tiptoed1632

sublime1635

towering1638

soaring1687

mountain high1693

clamberinga1717

skied1730

towery1731

pyramidic1740

skyey1750

skyward1792

skyscraping1797

exulting1798

high-reaching1827

steepling1892

high-rise1964

hi1972

1622 D. Digges tr. Virgil Didos Death sig. A5^v Huge threatning wall With skie-high Engen [L. aequata..machina caelo] stands as it would fall.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 62 Utgard with its skyhigh gates..had gone to air.

1887 Boston Sunday Globe 2 Oct. 4/1 You've got a sky high building.

1943 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 11 Apr. (advt.) c8 Open-toe, patent pump with sky-high heel.

1990 Boston Phoenix 27 Apr. c18/2 There were..taffeta dresses and sky-high hair-dos.

2013 N.Y. Mag. 19 Aug. 182 (advt.) On the terrace you'll find a sky-high, fully irrigated green wall with over a thousand potted plants.

2. Very high in price, level, or degree.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective]

high1542

strong1599

rank1604

exorbitant1670

extravagant1707

stiff1824

sky-high1829

steep1856

stratospherical1936

1829 St. James's Chron. 22 Jan. Our import duties are sky-high.

1875 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 3 Nov. 8/2 These are sky-high politics.

1926 J. Devanny Butcher Shop vi. 59 Make a whackin' cheque on 'em this year. Prices are sky high.

1959 Times 7 Sept. 11/6 The current miracle of labour-saving flats, sky-high wages, and welfare state.

1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage (1992) xv. 158 Morale remained sky-high for a few months more.

2015 Huddersfield Daily Examiner 1 Dec. 16 Christmas is an expensive time as it is without heaping on the added cost of sky-high interest rates.

B. adv.

1. Very high; to a very high level or degree. Cf. to the skies at sky n.¹ Phrases 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adverb] > to a great or considerable height

highOE

heaven-high?1518

loftily1548

tower-wise1581

a-cock-hye1598

tally1611

eminently1620

spirally1806

sky-high1818

toweringly1822

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 208 Opinions which would make the bench of bishops jump sky-high!

1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 62 Always up sky-high or down in the dumps.

1915 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 6 Dec. 4/2 A good play may be able to draw the crowd on its reputation. But a poor one has to be puffed sky high.

1990 Horse & Pony 13 Sept. 59 The association's ‘Great Balloon Race’ takes place in December—and organisers are hoping it will boost funds sky high.

2015 Free Press Jrnl. (India) (Nexis) 30 Nov. He got persons of his choice appointed as state BJP chiefs, who went at great lengths to praise him sky-high.

2. to blow sky-high.

a. To refute, discredit, or disprove (an opinion, theory, etc.). Cf. explode v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)]

answerOE

bitavelena1225

allayc1275

confoundc1384

concludea1400

conclusea1400

forblenda1400

gainsaya1400

rejag1402

to bear downc1405

redarguea1425

repugn?a1425

reverse?c1430

improvec1443

reprovea1513

dissolve1529

revince1529

convince1530

confute1533

refel1534

refute1545

void1570

evict1583

infringe1590

reprehend1597

revert1598

evince1608

repel1613

to take off1618

unbubblea1640

invalid1643

invalidate1649

remove1652

retund1653

effronta1657

dispute1659

unreason1661

have1680

demolish1691

to blow sky-high1819

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > severely

to be sharp upon1561

crossbite1571

scarify1582

canvass1590

maul1592

slasha1652

fib1665

to be severe on (or upon)1672

scalp1676

to pull to (or in) pieces1703

roast1710

to cut up1762

tomahawk1815

to blow sky-high1819

row1826

excoriate1833

scourge1835

target1837

slate1848

scathe1852

to take apart1880

soak1892

pan1908

burn1914

slam1916

sandbag1919

to put the blast on (someone)1929

to tear down1938

clobber1944

handbag1952

rip1961

monster1976

1819 Maryland Herald & Hagers-town Weekly Advertiser 14 Sept. Correct the bad grammar, &c. lest..the ‘Bungler’ might blow me sky high.

1847 Godey's Lady's Bk. Jan. 26/1 Yer aunt blowed me up sky high, for makin such an unprudent speech.

1948 Daily Tel. 29 May 2/6 [He] blew sky-high the complacent superstition of a war-time ‘renaissance’.

1951 N. Mitford Blessing i. viii. 83 At this dinner Grace's preconceived ideas about the French..were blown sky high.

1981 Globe & Mail 29 July But the situation has changed, it seems, and the old excuse blown sky-high.

2014 Metro (Nexis) 23 May 23 A star witness has been found to blow the defendant's story sky high.

b. To blow up, explode; to destroy by explosion. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst > blow up or explode

to blow up1697

to blow sky-high1823

poof1915

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst > blow up or explode

to blow away1523

blow1599

to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612

blast1758

to blow sky-high1823

dynamite1881

lyddite1906

1823 J. K. Paulding Koningsmarke II. viii. v. 228 If it were not for the shedding of christian blood,..I would, peradventure, blow thee and thy ships sky high.

1830 Vermont Patriot & State Gaz. 8 Mar. Two persons at the U. S. Arsenal near Baltimore were recently blown ‘sky high,’ while preparing fireworks for the 22d of Feb.

1866 Flake's Daily Galveston (Texas) Bull. 22 Mar. 6/1 Colonial outlets..afforded a political safety-valve that prevented her [sc. England's] aristocracy from being blown sky-high.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 918 The house is demolished stone by stone, not blown sky-high.

1965 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Tribune 19 Feb. c10 There was a lot of ammunition on the boat and it would have blown sky high if they fired at it.

2015 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. If the combined creativity of these employees had been unleashed, the roof of that auditorium would have blown sky high.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sky-high
释义	sky-highadj.adv. Brit. /ˌskʌɪˈhʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌskaɪˈhaɪ/ Forms: see sky n.¹ and high adj. and n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, high adj. Etymology: < sky n.¹ + high adj. Compare heaven-high adj. and heaven-high adv. A. adj. 1. Extending far upwards as if reaching the sky; very tall. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable higheOE steepOE heaven-highOE highlyOE brentc1400 hightc1480 hichty1513 procere1542 tall1548 spiringa1552 towereda1552 tower-like1552 upstretched1563 airy1565 excelse1569 haughty1570 topless1589 lofty1590 procerous1599 kiss-sky1603 skyish1604 topful?1611 aspiringc1620 sky-high1622 hiddy1632 tiptoed1632 sublime1635 towering1638 soaring1687 mountain high1693 clamberinga1717 skied1730 towery1731 pyramidic1740 skyey1750 skyward1792 skyscraping1797 exulting1798 high-reaching1827 steepling1892 high-rise1964 hi1972 1622 D. Digges tr. Virgil Didos Death sig. A5^v Huge threatning wall With skie-high Engen [L. aequata..machina caelo] stands as it would fall. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 62 Utgard with its skyhigh gates..had gone to air. 1887 Boston Sunday Globe 2 Oct. 4/1 You've got a sky high building. 1943 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 11 Apr. (advt.) c8 Open-toe, patent pump with sky-high heel. 1990 Boston Phoenix 27 Apr. c18/2 There were..taffeta dresses and sky-high hair-dos. 2013 N.Y. Mag. 19 Aug. 182 (advt.) On the terrace you'll find a sky-high, fully irrigated green wall with over a thousand potted plants. 2. Very high in price, level, or degree. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] high1542 strong1599 rank1604 exorbitant1670 extravagant1707 stiff1824 sky-high1829 steep1856 stratospherical1936 1829 St. James's Chron. 22 Jan. Our import duties are sky-high. 1875 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 3 Nov. 8/2 These are sky-high politics. 1926 J. Devanny Butcher Shop vi. 59 Make a whackin' cheque on 'em this year. Prices are sky high. 1959 Times 7 Sept. 11/6 The current miracle of labour-saving flats, sky-high wages, and welfare state. 1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage (1992) xv. 158 Morale remained sky-high for a few months more. 2015 Huddersfield Daily Examiner 1 Dec. 16 Christmas is an expensive time as it is without heaping on the added cost of sky-high interest rates. B. adv. 1. Very high; to a very high level or degree. Cf. to the skies at sky n.¹ Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adverb] > to a great or considerable height highOE heaven-high?1518 loftily1548 tower-wise1581 a-cock-hye1598 tally1611 eminently1620 spirally1806 sky-high1818 toweringly1822 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 208 Opinions which would make the bench of bishops jump sky-high! 1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 62 Always up sky-high or down in the dumps. 1915 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 6 Dec. 4/2 A good play may be able to draw the crowd on its reputation. But a poor one has to be puffed sky high. 1990 Horse & Pony 13 Sept. 59 The association's ‘Great Balloon Race’ takes place in December—and organisers are hoping it will boost funds sky high. 2015 Free Press Jrnl. (India) (Nexis) 30 Nov. He got persons of his choice appointed as state BJP chiefs, who went at great lengths to praise him sky-high. 2. to blow sky-high. a. To refute, discredit, or disprove (an opinion, theory, etc.). Cf. explode v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] answerOE bitavelena1225 allayc1275 confoundc1384 concludea1400 conclusea1400 forblenda1400 gainsaya1400 rejag1402 to bear downc1405 redarguea1425 repugn?a1425 reverse?c1430 improvec1443 reprovea1513 dissolve1529 revince1529 convince1530 confute1533 refel1534 refute1545 void1570 evict1583 infringe1590 reprehend1597 revert1598 evince1608 repel1613 to take off1618 unbubblea1640 invalid1643 invalidate1649 remove1652 retund1653 effronta1657 dispute1659 unreason1661 have1680 demolish1691 to blow sky-high1819 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > severely to be sharp upon1561 crossbite1571 scarify1582 canvass1590 maul1592 slasha1652 fib1665 to be severe on (or upon)1672 scalp1676 to pull to (or in) pieces1703 roast1710 to cut up1762 tomahawk1815 to blow sky-high1819 row1826 excoriate1833 scourge1835 target1837 slate1848 scathe1852 to take apart1880 soak1892 pan1908 burn1914 slam1916 sandbag1919 to put the blast on (someone)1929 to tear down1938 clobber1944 handbag1952 rip1961 monster1976 1819 Maryland Herald & Hagers-town Weekly Advertiser 14 Sept. Correct the bad grammar, &c. lest..the ‘Bungler’ might blow me sky high. 1847 Godey's Lady's Bk. Jan. 26/1 Yer aunt blowed me up sky high, for makin such an unprudent speech. 1948 Daily Tel. 29 May 2/6 [He] blew sky-high the complacent superstition of a war-time ‘renaissance’. 1951 N. Mitford Blessing i. viii. 83 At this dinner Grace's preconceived ideas about the French..were blown sky high. 1981 Globe & Mail 29 July But the situation has changed, it seems, and the old excuse blown sky-high. 2014 Metro (Nexis) 23 May 23 A star witness has been found to blow the defendant's story sky high. b. To blow up, explode; to destroy by explosion. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst > blow up or explode to blow up1697 to blow sky-high1823 poof1915 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst > blow up or explode to blow away1523 blow1599 to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612 blast1758 to blow sky-high1823 dynamite1881 lyddite1906 1823 J. K. Paulding Koningsmarke II. viii. v. 228 If it were not for the shedding of christian blood,..I would, peradventure, blow thee and thy ships sky high. 1830 Vermont Patriot & State Gaz. 8 Mar. Two persons at the U. S. Arsenal near Baltimore were recently blown ‘sky high,’ while preparing fireworks for the 22d of Feb. 1866 Flake's Daily Galveston (Texas) Bull. 22 Mar. 6/1 Colonial outlets..afforded a political safety-valve that prevented her [sc. England's] aristocracy from being blown sky-high. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 918 The house is demolished stone by stone, not blown sky-high. 1965 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Tribune 19 Feb. c10 There was a lot of ammunition on the boat and it would have blown sky high if they fired at it. 2015 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. If the combined creativity of these employees had been unleashed, the roof of that auditorium would have blown sky high. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.1622
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