sky-high

1. 1.

   (with verb `to blow') destroyed completely; blown apart or to pieces

   “they blew the bridge sky-high”

   “the committee blew the thesis sky-high”
2. 2.

   in a lavish or enthusiastic manner

   “he extolled her virtues sky-high”

   Synonymsenthusiastically
3. 3.

   to a very high level

   “prices have gone sky-high”

   “garbage was piled sky-high”

   “the men were flung sky-high by the explosion”

Questions about sky-high

What does sky-high mean?

sky-high means "(with verb `to blow') destroyed completely; blown apart or to pieces". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sky-high?

sky-high has 2 syllables: sky--high. The stress falls on "sky-".

What is another word for sky-high?

Close synonyms include enthusiastically. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sky-high a common word?

sky-high is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.